Stress Prevention at Work: Intervention Efficacy and Implementation Process Evaluation

NCT ID: NCT02694211

Last Updated: 2016-02-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 130 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-01-31

Brief Summary

The Stress prevention at work (SPA) project intends to evaluate the method named Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) as a stress preventive approach among health care employees.

Detailed Description

Stress-related illnesses are today together with musculoskeletal disorders the predominant cause of production loss and absenteeism. The risks of developing stress-related mental illness is today well established, however, it is less studied how this can be successfully treated or prevented in workplaces through interventions.

The SPA project intends to evaluate the method the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES). The method is mainly evaluated for production improvement, but there are indications that it also has stress-reducing effect on working groups. The method gives employees within health care opportunities to participate actively in productivity-enhancing measures. The employees, along with their immediate supervisors, identify and prioritize responsive and desirable results in all of the activities important dimensions. International studies have shown that participation (participation) has positive effects on employee performance and attitudes.

The aim of this study is to test whether efforts in targeting the organization and work environment can reduce stress and prevent stress-related ill health in the workplace. Primary outcomes of the study are tense work i.e. imbalance between demand and control and other primary indicators of stress, such as sleep and recovery.

The hypothesis in study 1 is that productivity enhancing workplace interventions based on a participative approach also increases employees' sense of control and control over their own work. This in turn means that the method also could be used to reduce the occurrence of tense work and thus affect / reduce the stress-related illness.

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Keywords

work related stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention group ProMES

Productivity measurement and enhancement system (ProMES) is a participatory intervention for productivity enhancement. Core strategies of this method could be addressing known work stressors such as absence of influence and control, insufficient interaction with coworkers, unclear and conflicting tasks, insufficient participation in decision-making and insufficient feedback

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

ProMES

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Productivity measurement and enhancement system (ProMES) is a participatory intervention for productivity enhancement. Core strategies of this method could be addressing known work stressors such as absence of influence and control, insufficient interaction with coworkers, unclear and conflicting tasks, insufficient participation in decision-making and insufficient feedback

Control group

No intervention, business as usual

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

ProMES

Productivity measurement and enhancement system (ProMES) is a participatory intervention for productivity enhancement. Core strategies of this method could be addressing known work stressors such as absence of influence and control, insufficient interaction with coworkers, unclear and conflicting tasks, insufficient participation in decision-making and insufficient feedback

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All employees (18-67 years) employed at the intervention and control primary care units, who were actually working at the time for this study

Exclusion Criteria

• employees absent due to long-term illness,
• employees absent due to parental leave
• employees absent due to long-term studies

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 67 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Karolinska Institutet

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Irene Jensen

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Irene Jensen, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karolinska Institutet

Other Identifiers

2012/2200-31/5

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id