Journal article
‘EMERALD’ online early intervention programme for psychological well-being: A detailed description using the TIDieR checklist
Digital Health, Vol.10, pp.1-14
2024
PMCID: PMC11483705
PMID: 39421305
Abstract
Objective
The rising prevalence of mental health symptoms brought on by the COVID19 pandemic led to the inception and development of EMERging Anxiety, Loneliness, Depression (EMERALD) well-being programme. EMERALD was designed to improve psychological well-being of the general population who had not previously sought mental health support. The programme incorporated a focus on lifestyle medicine and was underpinned by solution focused health coaching. The aim of the paper is to describe the programme according to the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist to provide detailed reporting of the intervention's elements.
Methods
The TIDieR checklist was utilised to comprehensively describe the programme, including theoretical underpinnings, materials, procedures, providers, mode of delivery and tailoring of the programme. The Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy v2 was used to identify the specific behaviour change techniques used within the solution focused health coaching framework.
Results
The programme was developed to align with the latest evidence-based literature in lifestyle medicine and solution focused coaching. The programme also offered allied health expertise, online educational modules and was tailored to the participants. The programme was delivered online through a telehealth platform.
Conclusion
The TIDieR checklist has enabled the provision of a detailed structure of the EMERALD program intervention. The behaviour change taxonomy has facilitated the outlining of specific techniques used in health coaching sessions. Both structures have operationalised the detail of the intervention for the purposes of replication and informing the literature.
Details
- Title
- ‘EMERALD’ online early intervention programme for psychological well-being: A detailed description using the TIDieR checklist
- Authors
- Monique T Jones (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson InstituteAlexandra Metse (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologyAndrew Watkins (Author) - Mindgardens Neuroscience NetworkDaniel Hermens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson InstituteChristina Driver (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
- Publication details
- Digital Health, Vol.10, pp.1-14
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1177/20552076241288381
- ISSN
- 2055-2076
- PMID
- 39421305; PMC11483705
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Grant note
- Funding for the programme was made available through Prioritising Mental Health Initiative, Australian Commonwealth Government and COVID-19 Mental Health Response, Department of Health, Queensland State Government.
- Organisation Unit
- Healthy Ageing Research Cluster; School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991067198202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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