Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Angela Martin
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Management
University of Tasmania
Hobart
7000
Australia
angela.martin@utas.edu.au
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Promoting employee mental health through the development of managers' psychological capital: a controlled field experiment
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Managers in the intervention conditions will report improved psychological capital, reduced depression symptoms and improved work outcomes. Employees of managers in the intervention conditions will report an improved pyschosocial work environment.
Ethics approval
The Human Research Ethics Committee (Tasmania) Network approved the trial on the 6th March 2009 (ref: H10439)
Study design
Randomised single-blind placebo controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Depression
Intervention
The intervention aims to improve the psychological capital of managers as a means of reducing depression risk. The program utilises an interactive DVD format. There are two variants of the experimental group: self administered and telephone facilitated. The telephone facilitated condition will include six 30 minute counselling calls delivered over a three-month period. An active control (brief depression psychoeducation DVD program) will be employed. In addition to a pre- and post-assessment, 6-, 12- and 24-month follow up evaluations are planned.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Mental health: depression symptoms will be assessed with the K-10 depression/anxiety screening instrument and occupational stress will be measured using the Job Tension Index
2. Work outcomes: job satisfaction and self-reported lost productivity from absenteeism and presenteeism
3. Coping and resilience: PsyCAP Inventory and the Cybernetic Coping Scale
4. Intervention satisfaction: intervention participants will be asked to report intervention engagement, compliance, credibility
Measured pre- and post-intervention and at 6, 12 and 24 months post-intervention.
Secondary outcome measures
Psychosocial work environment (employees only): team affective climate, relational justice and supervisor support. Measured pre- and post-intervention and at 6, 12 and 24 months post-intervention.
Overall trial start date
01/04/2010
Overall trial end date
01/08/2012
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
The study is open to male and female managers of small-medium enterprises and male and female employees over the age of 18 years who volunteer to participate in the study.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
250 managers and 2500 employees.
Participant exclusion criteria
There are no exclusion criteria but baseline mental health and treatment history will be assessed.
Recruitment start date
01/04/2010
Recruitment end date
01/08/2012
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
School of Management
Hobart
7000
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
Australian Research Council (ARC) (Australia)
Sponsor details
GPO Box 2702
Canberra
2601
Australia
info@arc.gov.au
Sponsor type
Research council
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
Australian Research Council (ARC) (Australia) - Linkage Project (ref: ARC LP LP0990010)
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
2009 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19604351
Publication citations
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Protocol
Martin A, Sanderson K, Scott J, Brough P, Promoting mental health in small-medium enterprises: an evaluation of the "Business in Mind" program., BMC Public Health, 2009, 9, 239, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-239.