Promoting Sustainable Return to Work Among Employees on Sick Leave Due to a Mental Health Condition: Evaluation of the HealthyMinds Online Group Intervention
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Depression Anxiety Disorder
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec a Montréal
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sustainable return-to-work
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of an online group intervention called Healthy Minds in facilitating a sustainable return to work for individuals with a mood disorder. The study aims to answer the following key questions :
- Does receiving the Healthy Minds online intervention lead to a more sustainable return to work compared to not receiving the intervention?
- Are the health outcomes (e.g., depressive symptoms) and work-related outcomes (e.g., work functioning) of individuals who receive the Healthy Minds online intervention better than those who do not receive the intervention in the year following the intervention?
Both experimental and control participants will be recruited at baseline while on sick leave (expected to return to work in less than one month) or recently returned to work (less than one month). Participants will complete a series of online questionnaires at the following time points :
- Baseline
- First follow-up (2 months after baseline)
- Second follow-up (6 months after baseline)
- Third follow-up (12 months after baseline)
The questionnaires will cover the following areas :
- Sociodemographic and biopsychosocial factors
- Symptoms associated with the primary mood disorder
- Cognitive difficulties and biaises
- Self-efficacy related to return to work
- Work accommodations and natural supports
- Relationship with immediate supervisor
- Work functioning
- Return to work time (number of days away from work)
Experimental participants will participate in the 2-month online Healthy Minds group intervention (cohort of 5 participants) between the baseline assessment and the first follow-up. The intervention consists of 8 sessions (one per week for 8 weeks), with each session focusing on a specific aspect of the return-to-work process from a cognitive-behavioral perspective.
Investigators
Marc Corbière
Full Professor
Université du Québec a Montréal
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Be in the process of returning to work after depression, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder (with depressed mood, or anxious mood).
- •Been back for less than a month
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to communicate in French
- •Have a known organic disorder
- •Have already received CBT-type intervention (group or individual)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sustainable return-to-work
Time Frame: Baseline; follow-ups at six months and 12 months
The number of days of job retention after returning to work
Relationship with immediate supervisor
Time Frame: Follow-ups at six months and 12 months
Inventory of perceptions of supervisory style at work
Depressive symptoms
Time Frame: Baseline; follow-ups at two months, six months and 12 months
Patient Health Questionnaire for depression (PHQ-9)
Return to Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: Baseline ; Follow-ups at two months
Return to Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy Scale (ROSES)
Work functioning
Time Frame: Follow-ups at six months and 12 months
Endicott Work Productivity Scale (EWPS)
Cognitive difficulties
Time Frame: Baseline ; Follow-ups at two months, six months and 12 months
Online Stroop test (French version)
Anxiety symptoms
Time Frame: Baseline ; follow-ups at two months, six months and 12 months
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)
Work accommodations
Time Frame: Follow-ups at six months and 12 months
The Work Accommodation and Natural Support Scale (WANSS).
Cognitive biases
Time Frame: Baseline ; Follow-ups at two months, six months and 12 months
Davos Assessment of the Cognitive Biases Scale