Neuropattern™ Stress Diagnostics in Workplace Health Promotion
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 79
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Work incapacitation will be assessed through number of absent days and medical consultations in the past three months and items recording the ability to meet the demands at work.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Neuropattern™, a new diagnostic tool for stress related disorders is being applied in a demanding workplace environment. Neuropattern™ aims at identifying stress-related bodily changes at an early stage. By identifying subgroups based on Neuropattern™ subjects gain access to online counseling specified according to their Neuropattern™ diagnosis. Efficacy is being assessed by several questionnaires in a follow-up.
Detailed Description
100 employees of a company in Rhineland Palatinate employing approximately 2100 persons will be recruited.
This is a randomized, two-armed single center study. Persons interested in study participation receive a Neuropattern™ voucher according to occupational group together with other documents. As soon as the documents (signed informed consent, evaluation form, ERI, MBI, demographic questionnaire and the form for designation of the attending physician) are returned, the study manager contacts the employee and either tells him/ her that an appointment with the designated physician should be made within the following week (Neuropattern™ group) or that there will be a three months wait (control group). The employee attends the medical appointment with the designated physician and documents sent to the physician beforehand (NPQ-A, medical clearance form and prescription form for Dexamethasone) are completed. Upon return of these documents, the Neuropattern™ test kit (including the questionnaires NPQ-P, NPQ-PSQ, NPQ-S and PHQ as well as 16 Salivettes® for saliva sample collection, 0.25 mg Dexamethasone and a portable ECG device) is shipped to the subject and Neuropattern™ is conducted at home. After return of the test kit to DAaCRO, the subject is assigned to neuropattern and will gain access to individualized online counseling for three months. Evaluation (including an evaluation form, ERI and MBI) will take place at baseline as well as three and six months after onset of online counseling for assessment of efficacy.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Employees aged 18 to 65 yrs
- •fluent in written and spoken German
- •medical clearance by their attending physician
- •signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •known intolerance to steroids
- •intake of steroids or benzodiazepines
- •pregnancy or lactation
- •any psychiatric diseases or current psychotherapy
- •acute somatic illnesses, that currently require medical treatment
- •obviously unsuited as subject (lack of cognitive or verbal skills)
- •arrhythmia absoluta
- •decision against the intake of Dexamethasone by physician or subject (e.g. known intolerance to steroids, personal or medical reasons)
- •participation in any other study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Work incapacitation will be assessed through number of absent days and medical consultations in the past three months and items recording the ability to meet the demands at work.
Time Frame: at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics
Within-subject differences in work incapacitation will be recorded at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics, between-subject differences in work incapacitation of the Neuropattern™ group and the control group will be assessed.
Secondary Outcomes
- scores in the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)(at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics)
- scores in the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERI)(at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics)
- severity of symptoms(at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics)
- quality of life(at study inclusion as well as 3 and 6 months after Neuropattern™ stress diagnostics)
- exploring the frequency and combinations of neuropattern in a population with high demands at work(after the Neuropattern™ diagnosis is generated, approximately one month after study inclusion)
Investigators
Juliane Hellhammer
MSc
Daacro