Evaluation of a manualised cognitive-behavioral intervention of work-related distress for outpatients with mental disorders

ISRCTN	ISRCTN02744123
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN02744123
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy, Psychological Institute University of Mainz (Germany)
Funder	Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy of the Psychological Institute, University of Mainz (Germany)

Submission date: 20/03/2007
Registration date: 02/05/2007
Last edited: 23/09/2021

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Wolfgang Hiller
Scientific

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Psychological Institute University of Mainz
Staudingerweg 9
Mainz
55099
Germany

Email	hiller@uni-mainz.de

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised Controlled Trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Evaluation of a manualised cognitive-behavioral intervention of work-related distress for outpatients with mental disorders
Study acronym	Arbeit: Frust oder Lust? (Work: Frustration or Enjoyment?)
Study objectives	Can an intervention focusing on work-related issues improve work satisfaction and mental health?
Ethics approval(s)	The Ethics Commission of the German Society of Psychology, approved on 4 October 2006.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Mental disorders, vocational distress.
Intervention	All outpatients receive cognitive behavioral therapy. Subjects have indicated vocational problems at the beginning of their outpatients 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
Primary outcome measure(s)	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])
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	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.
Completion date	31/03/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	80
Key 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
Key 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
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/03/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Germany

Study participating centre

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Mainz
55099
Germany

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Editorial Notes

23/09/2021: Proactive update review. No publications found. Search options exhausted.