Automated Assessment of Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Automated Assessment of Mental Health in the Workplace

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00134576
• Other study ID #: RO1 DP000116
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 23, 2005
• Last updated: June 1, 2010
• Start date: May 2007
• Est. completion date: January 2009

Study information

• Verified date: May 2010
• Source: Boston Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to design, refine, and test for the effectiveness of a computer-based telephone system (Telephone-Linked Communications for Detection of Mental Health Disorders in the Workplace; TLC-Detect) that will screen workers for mental health distress; educate them about seeking treatment; and follow up with them over a 6 month period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: January 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employment with benefits at Boston Medical Center, Boston University, or Florida Power and Light Company

• Ability to speak and understand conversational English

• > 18 years of age

• Access to a touch-tone telephone

• Screen positive for the World Health Organization (WHO)-5 Well-Being Index

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being under treatment (medication or therapy) for a mental health disorder

• Taking medication for a serious/major medical disorder that interferes with normal life

• Taking medication prescribed for mental health treatment on a daily basis

• Diagnosed with schizophrenia

• Planning to go on leave for over 6 months

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Computer Assisted Education for Behavioral Change
TLC-Detect will provide subjects in the intervention group with information about each diagnosed mental health disorder. TLC-Detect will then give the Treatment Module and will tell the intervention subjects that it will call back in one month for a follow-up or the next week if a subject is comorbid with other disorders.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Boston Medical Center	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Boston Medical Center	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Absenteeism and presentism (functionality at work), measured every three months for 6 months		6 months	No
Secondary	Treatment status, timing of measurement depends upon symptom severity		6 months	No
Secondary	Health status measured every three months for 6 months		6 months	No