Effect Evaluation of a Workplace Intervention Targeting Subjective Health Complaints
- Conditions
- Back PainAnxietyDepressionMental Disorders
- Interventions
- Behavioral: The new atWork interventionBehavioral: The original atWork intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT02396797
- Lead Sponsor
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
- Brief Summary
Mental disorders is one of the most frequent causes of long-term sick leave and disability pensions in Norway, and there is a need for a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level to address the burden of mental disorders. The aim of this project is to investigate if a workplace intervention with the aim to increase coping of common mental health complaints and social support can reduce sick leave and improve health.
- Detailed Description
The atWork intervention was established in 2007 as a new stepped-care approach to musculoskeletal complaints. The intervention consisted of workplace information meetings about musculoskeletal complaint to all employees and peer support. The atWork intervention targeting musculoskeletal complaints reduced sick leave and improved health in a randomized controlled trial. The atWork intervention has now been further developed with the aim to increase effect on sick leave and health. The intervention is now extended to include information about mental health complaints, in addition to a management course. The major societal costs and the negative consequences common mental health complaints induce underline the importance of testing if atWork is an effective way of reducing these consequences.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1011
- Norwegian primary education unit.
- Participants must be employed in one of the Norwegian primary education units participating in the study.
- Participants must have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.
- The organization has received the atWork intervention at an earlier time.
- Participants are not employed in one of the participating organizations.
- Participants do not have sufficient Norwegian reading and writing skills.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description The new atWork intervention The new atWork intervention The intervention group will receive the new atWork intervention, which include a management course and workplace courses for all employees targeting mental health complaints and musculoskeletal complaints. The original atWork intervention The original atWork intervention The control group will receive the original atWork intervention, targeting musculoskeletal complaint, and peer support.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sick leave, unit level 1 year Sick leave at unit level will be collected through registry data from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare administration (NAV). Thus, we will collect data from all employees in participating units (approximately 100 units), not only the employees responding to questionnaires.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Social Support; Non directive and Directive Support Survey, NDSS-16. 1 year Coping Expectancies; Theoretically Originated Measure of the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress, TOMCATS 1 year All employees will be asked to complete questionnaires, one before the intervention and at 12 months follow-up.
Health; self-rated health, Subjective Health Complaints Inventory, SHC, Hopkins Symptom Checklist, HSCL-10 1 year Job Satisfaction; Global Job Satisfaction, GJO, Demand-Control-Support-Questionnaire, short Swedish version 1 year
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Torill Helene Tveito
🇳🇴Bergen, Norway