Promo@Work Entrepreneurs

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Effects of Counselling Delivered Through Native Mobile Application on Work Ability and Work Recovery Among Micro-entrepreneurs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03648593
• Other study ID #: 3522101
• Secondary ID: 303430
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 18, 2017
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized intervention study to promote work recovery and work ability among micro-entrepreneurs. The main aim is to investigate if the use of Recovery! -application results in better work recovery and work ability than no treatment for micro-entrepreneurs.

The plan of action of the study merges: 1) the contents that are based on the needs of the target population and evidence from research on work related and health behaviour enhancing work recovery, 2) theoretical framework for the counselling, 3) counselling methods including behaviour change techniques, and 4) tailoring the content and counselling according to trans theoretical change model and physical work demands. The intervention is delivered through native mobile application designed by using the abovementioned methodology.

Data are collected by repeated internet-based questionnaires (at baseline, 2 and 6 months from the beginning of the intervention) and from the use of mobile application. Furthermore, randomly selected persons in two groups (20-30 persons in each) are interviewed. Process evaluation is conducted to detect the mechanisms of change and to study why the program succeeded or failed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 1256
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 68 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Finnish-speaking micro-entrepreneurs (those with enterprise of 1-9 employees),

• company is located in Finland.

• work full-time as entrepreneurs,

• understand Finnish,

• use an Android phone.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not full-time entrepreneurs

• on sick leave

• absent from work

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior
• Intervention
• Work Ability
• Work-Related Condition

Intervention

Behavioral:
• work recovery intervention
Recover! app: one hour weekly for two months
• waiting list control
no treatment during 6 months,then Recover! app

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Finnish Institute of Occupational Health	Oulu

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health	Academy of Finland, University Hospital of Cologne, University of Oulu, University of Tampere

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	dose of intervention	dose of Recover application (using time in hours and minutes during two months)	from baseline until 2 months
Primary	change from baseline in need for recovery scale at 6 months	need for recovery scale measures early symptoms of fatigue	change from baseline in need for recovery scale at 6 months
Primary	change from baseline in perceived work ability at 6 months. One item of work ability index	to rate their work ability on a scale of 0 to 10, ten being their lifetime best work ability	change from baseline in perceived work ability at 6 months
Secondary	change from baseline in 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 6 months	"At my work, I feel bursting with energy" (vigor); (2) "I am enthusiastic about my job"(dedication);(3)"I am immersed in my work" (absorption)	change from baseline in 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 6 months
Secondary	Change from baseline in Recovery Experiences Questionnaire at 6 months	The Recovery Experience Questionnaire - a Measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work	change from baseline in Recovery Experiences at 6 months
Secondary	World health organization Health and work performance questionnaire	World health organization Health and work performance questionnaire	change from baseline in work performance at 6 months
Secondary	sleep deprivation questions	Sleep deprivation is calculated by subtracting hours slept from hours of sleep needed	change from baseline in sleep deprivation at 6 months
Secondary	Frequency of insomnia symptoms	Symptoms of insomnia are difficulties falling asleep, waking up at nights, waking up too early in the morning unable to fall asleep again and feeling of sleep which does not refresh. How often have you had this kind of symptoms during last 3 months?" Answers were given using Likert-scale: 1) Never or less than once a month, 2) less than once a week, 3) 1-2 days a week, 4) 3-5 days a week or 5) daily or almost daily.	change from baseline in insomnia symptoms at 6 months
Secondary	nutritional behaviour	number of meals and snacks per day	change from baseline in nutritional behaviour at 6 months
Secondary	Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption (Audit-C)	the Finnish version of the questionnaire Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption 3 questions	change from baseline in Audit-C at 6 months
Secondary	physical activity questionnaire	frequency in light and brisk physical activities (daily, four to six times a week, two to three times a week, once a week, two to three times a month, and once a month or less often). The duration of one bout of activity was considered separately for light and brisk activities (over 90 minutes, 60 to 90 minutes, 40 to59 minutes, 20 to 39 minutes, less than 20 minutes, and not at all)	change from baseline in physical activity at 6 months