Stress in Working Life
The goal of this realist evaluation of a Danish Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based stress management for patients with work-related stress is to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances.The main objectives are: To assess the effect of the stress management intervention on sustainable return to work.
| Condition(s) | Occupational Stress |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | The goal of this realist evaluation of a Danish Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based stress management for patients with work-related stress is to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances.The main objectives are: To assess the effect of the stress management intervention on sustainable return to work. To investigate what contexts and mechanisms are associated with patients' return to work rates and level of perceived stress after having received the stress management intervention. To understand from a patient perspective how mechanisms work in specific contexts to generate effects of the stress management intervention. The evaluation comprises two observational studies and one interview study. The intervention cohort are patients with work-related stress who received the |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * exposure to stressful conditions at work such as a large workload and/or stressful organisational and managerial conditions. * Patients must be employed, and if on sick leave there must be plans for return to work during the intervention period. * Patients must exhibit severe signs of work-related stress meaning that there must have been a significant work-related impact, the patient must have had physical, psychological, and behavioural stress symptoms for more than four weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * patient's work-related stress is primarily caused by cooperation problems, bullying and/or harassment, * long-term sick leave \>26 weeks up to referral * more severe stress load outside of work * severe psychiatric conditions that requires treatment * current abuse of alc |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | University of Southern Denmark |
| Locations | Odense, Denmark |
| Start date | 2023-02-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT05791461 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05791461 |