StayOK - an Innovative Measuring Instrument for the Early Identification and Treatment of Psychosocial Risks

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The validity and the sensitivity of different measures implemented in the web application StayOk are investigated. The measures are used primarily for the assessment and the early identification of psychosocial risks. Secondarily, the results of the assessment are applied to generate health-promoting advices for the user of the web application.

Official Title
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StayOK - an Innovative Measuring Instrument for the Early Identification and Treatment of Psychosocial Risks

Conditions
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Mental Health Disorder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: StayOk web application


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: at 16 years of age mild to moderate psychological distress Exclusion Criteria: serious cognitive impairment due to dementia or cerebrovascular insult Insufficient knowledge of one of the following languages: German, French, Italian or English

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 16 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Patients are examined at two time points: baseline and 12 weeks after the Intervention. The Intervention consists of health-promoting advices provided by the software algorithm. The effect of this intervention is evaluated 12 weeks after.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Case management<br>Case management program Utilization of the StayOk web application | Device: StayOk web application<br>* Patients fill in the questionnaires of the web application and receive an analyzed profile of their psychosocial condition and health-promoting advices<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Psychological distress | The psychological distress is assessed by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983) | 0 week (first assessment) | 
| Work-related sense of coherence | The work-related sense of coherence is assessed by the Work Sense of Coherence (W-SoC 9; Jenny et al., 2016) | 0 weeks | 
| Perceived self-efficacy | This aspect is measure by the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE; Damásio et al., 2016) | 0 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Effectiveness of health-promoting advices | The effectiveness of the advices generated by the software is assessed by means of a self-developed questionnaire: Participants are inquired as to (1) whether they put in practice the advices and (2) how they evaluate the benefit of the applied advices and the consequent satisfaction. | 12 weeks after the first assessment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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mental health, assessment, health promotion, case management, health insurance