Stress in Working Life

Официальное название

Stress in Working Life - Realist Evaluation of a Stress Management Intervention for Patients Referred to an Occupational Health Clinic Due to Work-related Stress

Обзор

The goal of this realist evaluation of a Danish Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based stress management for patients with work-related stress is to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances.The main objectives are: To assess the effect of the stress management intervention on sustainable return to work. To investigate what contexts and mechanisms are associated with patients' return to work rates and level of perceived stress after having received the stress management intervention. To understand from a patient perspective how mechanisms work in specific contexts to generate effects of the stress management intervention. The evaluation comprises two observational studies and one interview study. The intervention cohort are patients with work-related stress who received the stress management intervention between 2012-2018. The comparison cohort are patients who would have been eligible to receive the intervention in 2011-2012, however they did not receive any intervention because it was not offered at that time. In study one return to work rates are compared between the intervention cohort and the comparison cohort to find out if the intervention can help patients return to work at a faster rate. Study two will investigate if there are any explanatory variables (such as work type, civil status or level of depressive symptoms) that may explain why some patients benefit more or less from the intervention. Study three will explore what it is about the intervention (mechanisms) the patients find are helping them to cope with stress or the opposite in specific circumstances.

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое MARS (Measures Against Work-related Stress)
  The stress management intervention is based on cognitive behavioral therapy and aims to change the way patients perceive and cope with stressful situations at work. It is group sessions over 3 months with approximately 9 participants. Participants meet 9 times (once a week the first 3 weeks and once every second week the last 5 times) and for a follow-up session 3 months after the intervention has ended. Each session lasts for 3 hours and is led by a trained psychologist. The participants perfo

Первичные конечные точки

• The effect of the stress management intervention on sustainable return to work (RTW). [Срок оценки: 36 months after first contact with clinic.]
• Identification of possible contexts and mechanisms associated with patients' RTW rates after having received the stress management intervention. [Срок оценки: 36 months after first contact with clinic.]
• From a patient perspective how mechanisms work in specific contexts to generate effects of the stress management intervention. [Срок оценки: Up to 12 months after intervention.]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• exposure to stressful conditions at work such as a large workload and/or stressful organisational and managerial conditions.
• Patients must be employed, and if on sick leave there must be plans for return to work during the intervention period.
• Patients must exhibit severe signs of work-related stress meaning that there must have been a significant work-related impact, the patient must have had physical, psychological, and behavioural stress symptoms for more than four weeks.

Критерии исключения

• patient's work-related stress is primarily caused by cooperation problems, bullying and/or harassment,
• long-term sick leave >26 weeks up to referral
• more severe stress load outside of work
• severe psychiatric conditions that requires treatment
• current abuse of alcohol and/or psychoactive stimulants.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Модель наблюдения

Когортное

Центры проведения

Дания · 1 центр

• Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine — Odense

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT05791461 · IOB_SDU_CBB_LNA

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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