The Potential for Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Workplace Mental Health Promotion

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1

• Registration Number: NCT02241070
• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Brief Summary

The aims of the study are to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventionas a workplace health promotion program on psychological distress, prolonged fatigue, job strain (job control and job demand), and perceived stress and to explore the influences of personal characteristics (including gender, age, education, and occupation) on the outcomes of the intervention with time.

Detailed Description

This study was one component of the Taiwan Workplace Mental Health Promotion Scheme. The study adopted a study design of a randomized controlled trial. Two large-scale manufacturing factories were chosen for this study. All of the factories' 3270 full-time employees were requested to fill in a questionnaire comprising questions regarding mental health and job strain. Of these employees, 2849 individuals were willing to complete the questionnaire. A total of 431 employees (15.13%) were found to be in psychological distress with job strain. The screening procedure was carried out between June and July in 2011. A letter of invitation with an introduction to MBI was sent to these employees. Of these 431 employees, only 144 responded that they would be willing to take part voluntarily in the study. These 144 workers were allocated randomly into the intervention group (Group I, n=72) or the waiting-list control group (Group C, n=72).

All the participants were measured five times with an interval of four weeks between measurements. These measurements were taken at pre-intervention (T1), at mid-intervention (T2), at the completion of intervention (T3), four weeks after intervention (T4), and eight weeks after intervention (T5). The data related with the effectiveness of the intervention were obtained between August and December in 2011.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Status Verified: 2014-09
• Study First Submitted: 2014-09-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-09-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-09-12
• Study First Posted: 2014-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2014-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 144

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy employees with psychological distress and job strain
• Full-time paid workers

Exclusion Criteria

• Age < 18y or > 65y
• Part-time workers
• The workers are not willing to take part in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
psychological distress	four months	Psychological distress was measured by the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), a well-validated instrument

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prolonged fatigue	Four months	Prolonged fatigue was measured by The Checklist Individual Strength questionnaire (CIS), which confirmed discriminant validity and convergent validity.
job strain	four months	The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to assess job control and job demands (job strain).
perceived stress	four months	The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) was adopted to measure a global level of perceived stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan