A Web-Based Self-help Intervention for Coping With the Loss of a Partner: Protocol for Randomized Controlled Trials in 3 Countries

Jeannette Brodbeck   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Sofia Jacinto   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Afonso Gouveia   ⁴ , MD ;   Nuno Mendonça   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Sarah Madörin   ¹ , MA ;   Lena Brandl   ^{7, 8} , MSc ;   Lotte Schokking   ⁹ , MSc ;   Ana Maria Rodrigues   ^{5, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Judite Gonçalves   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Bettina Mooser   ² , MSc ;   Marta M. Marques   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Joana Isaac   ^{4, 11} , MD ;   Vasco Nogueira   ⁴ , MD ;   Ana Matos Pires   ^{4, 5} , MD ;   Lex van Velsen   ^{7, 8} , PhD

¹ School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland

² Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

³ Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-Iscte), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal

⁴ Psychiatry Department, Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA), Beja, Portugal

⁵ Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NMS/UNL), Lisboa, Portugal

⁶ EpiDoC Unit, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NMS/UNL), Lisboa, Portugal

⁷ eHealth group, Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, Netherlands

⁸ Research group of Communication Science, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

⁹ The National Foundation for Elderly, Amersfoort, Netherlands

¹⁰ Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal

¹¹ NOVA Medical School, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

*these authors contributed equally