With-Me - Technology-Aided Phone Coaching for Occupational Health Study

NCT ID: NCT02445950

Last Updated: 2016-04-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine whether the technology (web-based coaching, profiling and suggestion tool) brings added value to the traditional phone coaching in occupational health context. The interventions are phone counseling interventions. The other intervention exploits additionally a specific web-based coaching, profiling and suggestion tool.

Detailed Description

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The study focuses on mental well-being. The both interventions include intensive and independent phase.

The intensive phase lasts 13 weeks. In the intensive phase, goals for the coaching are defined. Coach calls the customer every two weeks and they discuss about the actions that took place in the previous two weeks and what they need to do in the next two weeks. In the technology-aided arm, customers get and analysis of their change needs via digital tool. Based on the change needs they receive task/goal suggestions from which they need to choose 3. Coach is able to see these choices and exploits it in the coaching. The selected behavioral activation interventions are delivered to customer utilizing a web-based coaching tool.

The independent phase lasts 13 weeks. In the independent phase, technology-aided group is coached via the digital tool. The phone counseling group gets 3 phone calls.

Conditions

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Psychological Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Technology-aided counseling

Customers receive intervention via technology-aided phone wellness counseling. The intensive phase lasts 13 weeks and includes 5 phone calls. The customers are able to view their change change needs and choose tasks/goals for the coaching. The independent phase lasts 13 weeks and coaching is done via a digital tool.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Technology-aided phone wellness counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention provides phone wellness counselling with the help of web-based interventions, digital profiling and suggestion tool in occupational health.

Traditional counseling

Customers receive intervention via traditional phone wellness counseling. The intensive phase lasts 13 weeks and includes 5 phone calls. Change needs and goals are set during the phone calls. The independent phase lasts 13 weeks and includes 3 phone calls.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Phone wellness counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention provides phone wellness counseling in occupational health.

Interventions

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Technology-aided phone wellness counselling

The intervention provides phone wellness counselling with the help of web-based interventions, digital profiling and suggestion tool in occupational health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Phone wellness counselling

The intervention provides phone wellness counseling in occupational health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* At least a bachelor level degree
* Age over 18 years
* Decreased psycho-physic state (own assessment)
* Is in a relationship
* Motivated to enhance own well-being and willing to change lifestyle, to do exercises related on mental well-being and relationship
* Willing to use technological wellness coaching tools, familiarity with technology

Exclusion Criteria

* Work includes night shifts
* Acute health conditions or serious diseases
* Chronical pain affecting functionality
* Long period(s) of absence from work during the coaching period (e.g. long vacation, alternation leave, parental leave, pension)
* Participation in some other study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Firstbeat Technologies Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mawell Care Ltd

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mawell Ltd

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oulun Työterveys

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Technical University of Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hannu Nieminen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Technical University of Denmark

Jouni Kaartinen, DSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

References

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Muuraiskangas ST, Honka AM, Junno UM, Nieminen HO, Kaartinen JK. A Technology-Assisted Telephone Intervention for Work-Related Stress Management: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jul 13;24(7):e26569. doi: 10.2196/26569.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35830233 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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332885 With-Me-Occ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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