A Human-Centered SH+ Trial for Earthquake Survivors

The central aim of this research is to execute a randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the impact and effectiveness of the group-based SH+ intervention among earthquake survivors in Türkiye. The principal focus lies in investigating the potential benefits of the intervention. The key parameter of interest will be the extent of psychological distress encountered by the participants. In addition, various secondary outcomes will also be evaluated, encompassing depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, psychosocial well-being, and grief levels. The evaluation of the intervention\'s effectiveness on the sample of interest will hinge on the comparison of scores obtained during the pretest and posttest measurement phases. It is hypothesized that scores will exhibit a decline following the participants\' engagement with the SH+ program over the span of five weeks. Specifically, the hypothesis being tested posits that there will be a notable reduction in depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, psychological distress, psychosocial impairment, and grief scores during the post-assessment stage in contrast to the pre-assessment stage. It is expected that the experimental group and the control group will demonstrate significant differences in depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, psychosocial impairment, and grief scores. The primary outcome measure of psychological distress will show a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups at both the immediate posttest assessment and the 3-month follow-up assessment.