An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work

NCT ID: NCT05866978

Last Updated: 2023-05-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

The goal of the workplace intervention study 'An Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)' is to examine the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program in a Danish context among blue-collar workers. The project is evaluated via its effect on: 1) Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), 2) Functionality, 3) Psychosocial wellbeing, and 4) Safety culture. Based on identified work health challenges at the included workplace, a group of employees at each worksite will develop and implement their own health promoting activities. Remaining employees will participate in one screening questionnaire prior to the intervention followed by five health checks and interview based questionnaires. All intervention activities and health checks take place at the participants' workplace during paid working hours. In our study design, participants will be compared to themselves and their previous measurements. Furthermore, we will compare the worksites.

Detailed Description

The aim of the 'Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)' project is to investigate the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program and the Total Worker Health (TWH) concepts in a Danish context among blue-collar workers. The project is evaluated via its effect on: 1) Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), 2) Functionality, 3) Psychosocial wellbeing, and 4) Safety culture. In addition, we evaluate the intervention effect on BMI, heart rate, and blood pressure. Furthermore, the ITASPA project aims to examine the degree of implementation of the initiated initiatives and identify barriers and facilitating factors for implementation. This contributes to the knowledge about what characterizes best practices for the implementation of integrated workplace interventions.

Based on identified work health challenges at the included worksites, a group of employees at each workplace will develop and implement their own project activities. Remaining employees will participate in one screening questionnaire prior to the intervention followed by five health checks and interview based questionnaires. All intervention activities and health checks take place at the participants' workplace during paid working hours.

ITASPA is a workplace intervention, conducted in a stepped wedge design. The stepped wedge design are assumed to increase the willingness to participate as it allows all workers to receive the intervention. The workers function as their own control and thereby, the stepped wedge design allows for an effect-evaluation, mimicking an RCT design.

To increase the transferring of the WIN program to a broad variety of Danish worksites, both public and private worksites are aimed to be enrolled. The worksites will be enrolled on basis of their willingness to perform the ITASPA activities during paid worktime and participation in the scientific evaluation of the ITASPA project.

The ITASPA project will be organized by a steering group consisting of the ITASPA project managers, representatives from the senior management at the enrolled worksites, and the ITASPA facilitators from the Department of Occupational and Social Medicine at Holbæk Hospital, Denmark. Moreover, the steering group includes an advisory board consisting of the developers of the WIN program and TWH concept. The advisory board will provide information about international experiences with integrated workplace interventions to assist the development of workplace health interventions in Denmark.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disorder; Mental Health Issue; Work-related Illness; Safety Issues; Work Environment Adverse Effects

Study Design

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

Study Groups

An integrated workplace intervention

Intervention: A group of employees at each workplace will develop and implement their own project activities at meetings four times during the intervention. Activities are implemented at workplaces for all employees. Employees will participate in one screening questionnaire prior to the intervention followed by five health checks and interview based questionnaires.

Group Type: OTHER

Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention investigates the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program and the Total Worker Health (TWH) concepts in a Danish context among blue-collar workers.

Reference

Reference: No intervention activities.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Integrated Approach to Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity at Work (ITASPA)

The intervention investigates the effect of the Australian WorkHealth Improvement Network (WIN) program and the Total Worker Health (TWH) concepts in a Danish context among blue-collar workers.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Employed at one of the enrolled worksites ≥ 20 hours/week, providing an informed signed consent prior to participation.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being pregnant; not being able to understand and speak Danish or English

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 67 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Region Zealand

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Holbaek Sygehus

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Mette Korshøj, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Holbaek Hospital

Locations

Department of Occupational and Social Medicine

Holbæk, Region Sjælland, Denmark

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Denmark

Central Contacts

Mette Korshøj, PhD

Role: CONTACT

melars@regionsjaelland.dk

004559489851

Ole Steen Mortensen, PhD

Role: CONTACT

osm@regionsjaelland.dk

004559489851

Facility Contacts

Mette Korshøj, PhD

Role: primary

melars@regionsjaelland.dk

004559489851

Ole Steen Mortensen, PhD

Role: backup

osm@regionsjaelland.dk

004559489851

References

Korshoj M, Poulsen VR, Skold MB, Autrup SK, Oldenburg B, Mortensen OS. An integrated approach to health, wellbeing, and productivity at work: a design of a stepped wedge worksite intervention study. BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 2;23(1):1057. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16014-x.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37268907 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

SJ-927

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

REG-034-2021

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R22A547

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id