Clinical trial NCT05274529: Effects of Personal Technology Driven Workplace Wellbeing Intervention Programme on Wellbeing, Productivity (Presenteeism) and Absenteeism - an Intervention Study
Official title: Effects of Personal Technology Driven Workplace Wellbeing Intervention Programme on Wellbeing, Productivity (Presenteeism) and Absenteeism - an Intervention Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Occupational Stress
Occupational Burnout
Keywords: workplace
wellbeing
intervention
absenteeism
presenteeism
stress
burnout
Lead sponsor: Firstbeat Technologies Oy
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Aisti Health Oy
name: University of Jyvaskyla
name: Tampere University
First posted: 2022-03-10
Enrollment: 571
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This is a pre-post type intervention study where baseline measurements are made at 0 months from the study start and follow up measurements are made at 4, 8 ,12, 24 and 36 months.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: In this study the effects of a technology-driven workplace wellbeing intervention programme on employees' wellbeing, productivity (presenteeism) and absenteeism will be studied with the help of mobile applications and remotely conducted questionnaires, different wellbeing intervention periods and HRV based measurements.

Detailed description: The objectives of this study are:

1. To study the effects of a data driven adaptive workplace wellbeing intervention programme on productivity (presenteeism) and absenteeism of the employees.
2. To study the effects of data driven adaptive workplace wellbeing interventions on employees' physical health measures and wellbeing. The secondary objective also includes studying whether the programme generates measurable financial savings.

This study is an intervention study where eligible participants will be offered a technologically delivered health promotion intervention which is personalized to their needs both in terms of content and timing within the 12-month intervention period. The outcomes are compared against their pre-intervention levels at both individual and group level. The study has no control group as it is not acceptable for the participating companies to offer participation only to part of their employees based on randomization due to expected positive impact of the intervention. The lack of the control group will be taken into account while analyzing and interpreting the study results.

The 12-month intervention period consists of access to Firstbeat Life (HRV \& movement measurement based wellbeing service), Aava Medical's Aisti wellbeing assessment and four types of online coaching programmes plus option of no coaching. Every participant has continuous access to Firstbeat Life and Aisti during the entire intervention programme and may use them at any time they so desire. In addition, participants will use the Coachbeat mobile app which is used to instruct and communicate with the participants, to fill in all the study questionnaires at given times, and to promote use of Firstbeat Life and Aisti at given points of the study. Baseline measurements and measurements after 4 and 8 months give recommendations for participation to the online coaching based on Firstbeat Life and Aisti wellbeing assessment. The participants can choose the coaching program based on the recommendation or their own interest. They can participate several coaching programmes during the study. Each coaching programme lasts approximately 3 months.

Eligibility criteria: The initial target population consists of generally healthy employees of selected employer companies from information intensive industries and jobs.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Signed written informed consent
* Adequate Finnish or English1 language skills to comprehend study-related instructions and questionnaires. The services and contents are available only in Finnish and English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Planned absenteeism from work during the study with \>3mth duration
* Use of cardiac pacemaker or history of atrial fibrillation
* No access to compatible mobile phone
* History of a major cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stroke, or transient ischemic attack) within the previous 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change in work productivity loss (presenteeism) by WLQ
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in work productivity loss (presenteeism) by HPQ
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in work ability
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in sick-leaves (absenteeism) by absenteeism records
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in sick-leaves (absenteeism) by HPQ
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in sick-leaves (absenteeism) by WAI
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The change in autonomic nervous system function and health behaviors based on HRV
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in autonomic nervous system function and health behaviors based on measured stress/recovery
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in autonomic nervous system function and health behaviors based on measured sleep
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in autonomic nervous system function and health behaviors based on measured physical activity
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in autonomic nervous system function and health behaviors based on measured physical fitness
timeFrame: 0, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in depression and mood by BBI-15
timeFrame: 0 and 12 months from start
measure: The change in self-reported questionnaire measures
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: The change in blood pressure
timeFrame: 0 and 12 months from start
measure: The change in weight
timeFrame: 0 and 12 months from start
measure: The change in waist circumference
timeFrame: 0 and 12 months from start
measure: The change in neck circumference
timeFrame: 0 and 12 months from start
measure: Return of investment (ROI)
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
measure: Company's financial performance
timeFrame: 0, 12, 24 and 36 months from start
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Helsinki
country: Finland
facility: Aisti Health Oy
Study officials:
affiliation: Professor at University of Jyväskylä
name: Jari Parkkari, Dr
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Head of Physiology Research at Firstbeat Technologies
name: Tero Myllymäki, M.Sc.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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