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SUNLIGHT Study: Online Support Groups for MS to Address COVID-19

NCT04379661 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2021-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stress and anxiety can have an adverse impact on health, and the experience of many around the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting health and well-being. Individuals with chronic disease such as multiple sclerosis may be particularly vulnerable in some ways, but also particularly resilient in others. This study evaluates the effects of belonging to online support groups that meet weekly for 12 weeks to address the stress and anxiety felt by individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This study will also measure and explore the effects of online support groups.

Conditions

  • MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
  • COVID-19
  • Support Groups

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online support Group

12 one-hour, once-weekly online support groups for people with Multiple Sclerosis to address anxiety related to the COVID-19 outbreak and its effects on them.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Victoria Leavitt, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-07
Primary Completion
2020-07-07
Completion
2020-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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