ABSTRACT

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on mental health. There is an urgent need to deliver low-intensity cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) tailored to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. The aim was to engage in a qualitative study of participants’ views surrounding anxiety and depression during the pandemic and feedback on the acceptability and usefulness of a low-intensity CBT intervention during the pandemic to inform intervention development and refinement.

Method

There were 21 participants (21–80 years, M = 40.90 years, SD = 16.33; 71% female) from Australia who participated in qualitative interviews who had completed low-intensity CBT for anxiety and depression during the pandemic.

Results

Themes emerged including the negative impact of the pandemic on mental health, prior experience of psychological therapy, acceptability, and usefulness of the intervention, participants’ ideas for intervention improvement, and preferences for using the guide. The majority of participants reported the intervention was useful, however, suggested several areas including content and format to improve the intervention and feedback on what they would prefer for an intervention.

Conclusions

A low-intensity CBT intervention was reported as useful and acceptable by participants for their concerns related to the pandemic and exacerbation of pre-existing anxiety and depression.

中文翻译：

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低强度认知行为疗法的定性检查，以减少 COVID-19 大流行期间的焦虑和抑郁

摘要

客观的

COVID-19 大流行对心理健康产生了严重影响。迫切需要提供量身定制的低强度认知行为疗法 (CBT)，以减轻大流行的影响。目的是对参与者在大流行期间围绕焦虑和抑郁的看法进行定性研究，并就大流行期间低强度 CBT 干预的可接受性和有用性提供反馈，为干预的发展和完善提供信息。

方法

来自澳大利亚的 21 名参与者（21-80 岁，M = 40.90 岁，SD = 16.33；71% 女性）参加了定性访谈，他们在大流行期间完成了针对焦虑和抑郁的低强度 CBT。

结果

出现的主题包括大流行对心理健康的负面影响、心理治疗的先前经验、干预的可接受性和有用性、参与者对干预改进的想法以及使用该指南的偏好。大多数参与者报告说干预是有用的，但是，他们提出了几个方面的建议，包括改进干预的内容和格式，并就他们更喜欢干预的内容提供反馈。

结论

据报道，低强度的 CBT 干预是有用的并且被参与者接受，因为他们担心与流行病和先前存在的焦虑和抑郁的恶化有关。