Clinical trial NCT05962554: IJobs - an Internet Intervention for the Unemployed
Official title: IJobs - an Internet Intervention for the Unemployed: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Unemployment
Keywords: iJobs
Lead sponsor: West University of Timisoara
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-07-27
Enrollment: 176
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The two independent groups (intervention vs. waiting list control group) will be crossed with three measurement times (i.e., baseline, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up). Hence, the design will be a 2 (intervention vs. control) X 3 (baseline, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up) factorial design.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The current study aims to test the efficacy of iJobs, an online intervention for the unemployed. iJobs is an online adaptation of the JOBS program.

Detailed description: The current study is a two-arm randomized controlled trial that will test the efficacy of iJobs (a web-based adaptation of the JOBS program) against a waiting list control group. Participants from the control group will be enrolled in iJobs 2 weeks after the experimental group finishes the program. iJobs is a 2-week intervention consisting of 5 modules focusing on discovering job skills, job search strategies, preparing effective resumes, exercising different types of interviews, and overcoming setbacks in the job search process. iJobs was previously tested in a feasibility and acceptability trial.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Unemployed and looking for a job
* Work as volunteers and are looking for a paid job
* Have a PC or laptop and basic digital competencies

Exclusion Criteria:

* They don't have internet access and are not available during the two weeks of the program

Primary outcomes:
measure: Participants' self-efficacy regarding the job search process
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention and follow-up (approximately 2 weeks and 6 weeks)
measure: Participants' job search intensity and effort
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention and follow-up (approximately 2 weeks and 6 weeks)
measure: The quality of participants' job search behaviors
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention and follow-up (approximately 2 weeks and 6 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Participants' ability to deal with setbacks in the job search process
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Participants' overall self-esteem
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Participants' anxiety regarding their future career
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Generalised Anxiety symptoms
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Depression symptoms
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Participants' mental health complaints
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Participants' psychological capital
timeFrame: Change from baseline to post-intervention (approximately 2 weeks)
Other outcomes:
measure: Physical health
timeFrame: Baseline only
measure: Treatment adherence
timeFrame: Post-intervention only (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Satisfaction with the intervention
timeFrame: Post-intervention only (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: System usability
timeFrame: Post-intervention only (approximately 2 weeks)
measure: Sociodemographic information
timeFrame: Baseline only
measure: Employment status
timeFrame: Follow-up only (approximately 6 weeks)
measure: Employment satisfaction
timeFrame: Follow-up only (approximately 6 weeks)
Locations:
city: Timişoara
country: Romania
facility: West University of Timisoara
Study officials:
affiliation: West University of Timisoara
name: Andrei Rusu
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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