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

Rapisarda, F., Macario de Medeiros, J., Briand, C., Boivin, A., Monthuy-Blanc, J., Vallée, C., Drolet, M.-J., Vachon, B. et Luconi, F. (2022). 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, 67 . ISSN 1661-8564 DOI 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604735

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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.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	Anxiety COVID 19 pandemic Program evaluation Mental health and wellbeing Recovery college Recovery Online-based
Date de dépôt:	12 sept. 2022 14:01
Dernière modification:	12 sept. 2022 14:01
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/10250

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