Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Wolfgang Hiller
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Psychological Institute University of Mainz
Staudingerweg 9
Mainz
55099
Germany
hiller@uni-mainz.de
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Arbeit: Frust oder Lust? (Work: Frustration or Enjoyment?)
Study hypothesis
Can an intervention focusing on work-related issues improve work satisfaction and mental health?
Ethics approval
The Ethics Commission of the German Society of Psychology, approved on 4 October 2006.
Study design
Randomised Controlled Trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental disorders, vocational distress.
Intervention
All outpatients receive cognitive behavioral therapy. Subjects have indicated vocational problems at the beginning of their outpatientsÂ’ treatment. After randomised assignment, the intervention group receives four sessions of cognitive behavioral group therapy. This intervention focuses on how to improve coping with vocational distress, to develop more problem-solving strategies, establish social competence skills, and improve work-life balance.
Each cognitive behavioral group therapy consists of four sessions (100 minutes per session), one session per week, over 4 weeks. The subjects randomised into the control group must wait 6 - 8 weeks to start with the same intervention.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The primary outcomes will be measured after receipt of informed consent, after treatment and at three-month follow-up in the intervention group. In the control group they will be measured after receipt of informed consent, before treatment (i.e. after having waited), after treatment and at three-month follow-up.
1. Increase of work-related satisfaction (questionnaire for assessment of job satisfaction)
2. Improvement of mental health (Brief Symptom Inventory [BSI])
3. Reduction of social stress at work (questionnaire for assessment of social stressors at work) 4. Improvement of coping strategies (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory])
5. Increase of motivation to deal with occupational distress during psychotherapeutic treatment (FBTM questionnaire, designed to assess work-related therapy motivation of inpatients)
6. Decrease of wish for pension (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory])
Secondary outcome measures
Improvement of general life satisfaction (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory]), measured after receipt of informed consent, after treatment and at three-month follow-up in the intervention group. In the control group this will be measured after receipt of informed consent, before treatment (i.e. after having waited), after treatment and at three-month follow-up.
Overall trial start date
01/01/2007
Overall trial end date
31/03/2008
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients of the Outpatient Clinic, Psychological Institute, University of Mainz
2. Working part-time or full-time
3. Reported vocational distress
4. 18 - 65 years old
5. Indication for group intervention in addition to individual therapy
6. Informed consent
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
80
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Present or recent suicidal thoughts or behaviors
2. Current substance abuse
3. Acute psychotic or maniac symptoms
4. Dementia or neurodegenerative disorders
Recruitment start date
01/01/2007
Recruitment end date
31/03/2008
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Mainz
55099
Germany
Sponsor information
Organisation
Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy, Psychological Institute University of Mainz (Germany)
Sponsor details
Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy
Psychological Institute University of Mainz
Staudingerweg 9
Mainz
D-55099
Germany
+49 (0) 6131 - 39 24621
hiller@uni-mainz.de
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy of the Psychological Institute, University of Mainz (Germany)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list