Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study
Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an online Recovery College (RC) program implemented in Quebec (Canada) during the COVID-19 pandemic. From October 2020 to June 2021, 27 training groups were conducted with a total of 362 attendees.Methods: Outcome was evaluated using a sin...
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| author | Filippo Rapisarda Julio Macario de Medeiros Catherine Briand Catherine Briand Antoine Boivin Johana Monthuy-Blanc Johana Monthuy-Blanc Catherine Vallée Catherine Vallée Catherine Vallée Marie-Josée Drolet Brigitte Vachon Brigitte Vachon Francesca Luconi |
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| description | Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an online Recovery College (RC) program implemented in Quebec (Canada) during the COVID-19 pandemic. From October 2020 to June 2021, 27 training groups were conducted with a total of 362 attendees.Methods: Outcome was evaluated using a single group repeated measure design, assessing participants prior the training (T0), after the training (T1) and at follow up (T2). 107 learners of the Quebec RC program attended three two-hour sessions agreed to participate to the research.Results: Overall findings show at T1 a small but statistically significant reduction of anxiety and increase in empowerment, and below threshold reduction of stigmatizing attitudes and increase of wellbeing. Conversely, the medium-term changes at follow up were non-significant for all the outcome dimension except for anxiety.Conclusion: Findings suggest that the RC online program can be considered as a potential effective strategy to support self-regulation and empowerment of individuals and to reduce anxiety in the context of crisis for the general population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5121a6f1a83f427983ee3d0ec2171ee32022-12-22T03:33:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642022-06-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16047351604735Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental StudyFilippo Rapisarda0Julio Macario de Medeiros1Catherine Briand2Catherine Briand3Antoine Boivin4Johana Monthuy-Blanc5Johana Monthuy-Blanc6Catherine Vallée7Catherine Vallée8Catherine Vallée9Marie-Josée Drolet10Brigitte Vachon11Brigitte Vachon12Francesca Luconi13Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaDépartement d’Ergothérapie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDepartement of Family Medicine, Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaGroupe de Recherche Loricorps, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, QC, CanadaVITAM Research Centre on Sustainable Health, Laval University, Québec, QC, CanadaCervo Brain Research Centre, Laval University, Laval, QC, CanadaDépartement d’Ergothérapie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaÉcole de Réadaptation, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaOffice for Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, CanadaObjectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of an online Recovery College (RC) program implemented in Quebec (Canada) during the COVID-19 pandemic. From October 2020 to June 2021, 27 training groups were conducted with a total of 362 attendees.Methods: Outcome was evaluated using a single group repeated measure design, assessing participants prior the training (T0), after the training (T1) and at follow up (T2). 107 learners of the Quebec RC program attended three two-hour sessions agreed to participate to the research.Results: Overall findings show at T1 a small but statistically significant reduction of anxiety and increase in empowerment, and below threshold reduction of stigmatizing attitudes and increase of wellbeing. Conversely, the medium-term changes at follow up were non-significant for all the outcome dimension except for anxiety.Conclusion: Findings suggest that the RC online program can be considered as a potential effective strategy to support self-regulation and empowerment of individuals and to reduce anxiety in the context of crisis for the general population.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604735/fullanxietyCOVID 19 pandemicprogram evaluationmental health and wellbeingrecovery collegerecovery |
| spellingShingle | Filippo Rapisarda Julio Macario de Medeiros Catherine Briand Catherine Briand Antoine Boivin Johana Monthuy-Blanc Johana Monthuy-Blanc Catherine Vallée Catherine Vallée Catherine Vallée Marie-Josée Drolet Brigitte Vachon Brigitte Vachon Francesca Luconi Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study International Journal of Public Health anxiety COVID 19 pandemic program evaluation mental health and wellbeing recovery college recovery |
| title | Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study |
| title_full | Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study |
| title_short | Assessing Changes in Anxiety, Empowerment, Stigma and Wellbeing in Participants Attending an Online-Based Recovery College in Quebec During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Experimental Study |
| title_sort | assessing changes in anxiety empowerment stigma and wellbeing in participants attending an online based recovery college in quebec during the covid 19 pandemic a pre experimental study |
| topic | anxiety COVID 19 pandemic program evaluation mental health and wellbeing recovery college recovery |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604735/full |
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