Clinical trial NCT03648593: Promo@Work Entrepreneurs
Official title: The Effects of Counselling Delivered Through Native Mobile Application on Work Ability and Work Recovery Among Micro-entrepreneurs
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Work Ability
Work-Related Condition
Health Behavior
Intervention
Keywords: microenterpreneur
work ability
work recovery
native mobile app
health behaviour
work
stress
work performance
Lead sponsor: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Oulu
name: Tampere University
name: University Hospital of Cologne
name: Academy of Finland
First posted: 2018-08-27
Enrollment: 1256
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 68
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: randomized intervention trial with waiting list control
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: change from baseline in need for recovery scale at 6 months
timeFrame: change from baseline in need for recovery scale at 6 months
measure: change from baseline in perceived work ability at 6 months. One item of work ability index
timeFrame: change from baseline in perceived work ability at 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: change from baseline in 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 6 months
timeFrame: change from baseline in 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 6 months
measure: Change from baseline in Recovery Experiences Questionnaire at 6 months
timeFrame: change from baseline in Recovery Experiences at 6 months
measure: World health organization Health and work performance questionnaire
timeFrame: change from baseline in work performance at 6 months
measure: sleep deprivation questions
timeFrame: change from baseline in sleep deprivation at 6 months
measure: Frequency of insomnia symptoms
timeFrame: change from baseline in insomnia symptoms at 6 months
measure: nutritional behaviour
timeFrame: change from baseline in nutritional behaviour at 6 months
measure: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption (Audit-C)
timeFrame: change from baseline in Audit-C at 6 months
measure: physical activity questionnaire
timeFrame: change from baseline in physical activity at 6 months
Other outcomes:
measure: dose of intervention
timeFrame: from baseline until 2 months
Locations:
city: Oulu
country: Finland
facility: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Study officials:
affiliation: Chief Specialist
name: Jaana Laitinen, PhD, Docent
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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