A virtual reality home-based training for the management of stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Assessment schedule

	Study period
	Enrolment	Baseline	Allocation	Intervention	Post-intervention	Follow-up
Timepoint (weeks)	− 1	0	0	0	1	5
Enrolment:
Eligibility screen	X
Informed consent	X
Allocation			X
Interventions
Experimental group				↔
Control group				↔
Assessments:
Demographics		X
Use of technological solutions and VR		X
Level of exposure to COVID-19		X
FCOR		X
Stress and anxiety management		X
PSS-10		X			X	X
STAI-Y2		X			X	X
DASS-21		X			X	X
Knowledge of stress and anxiety		X			X	X
STAI-Y1				X
VAS-A				X
SUS					X
SDM					X
NPS					X
Difficulties and adverse effects					X
Interview					X

FCOR Fear of Coronavirus, PSS-10 Perceived Stress Scale, STAI-Y2 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-2, DASS-21 The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items, STAI-Y1 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-1, VAS-A Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety, SUS System Usability Score, SDM Subjective Difficulty Measure, NPS Net Promoter Score

ISSN: 1745-6215