Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2016
Web-Based and Mobile Stress Management Intervention for Employees: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04016883 (Effect of Problem-solving Therapy Offered Through a Web Platform on Levels of Perceived Stress by Administrative Workers), which is not on this map. Cited by 99 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Problem-solving Therapy Offered Through a Web Platform on Levels of Perceived Stress by Administrative Workers: A Controlled Randomized Trial
Who cites it
99 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Optimizing Workplace Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Determining the impact of mobile-based self-care applications on reducing anxiety in healthcare providers: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review exploring human, AI, and hybrid health coaching in digital health interventions: trends, engagement, and lifestyle outcomes.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness absence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- Trends in Effectiveness of Organizational eHealth Interventions in Addressing Employee Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects of Nonclinician Guidance on Effectiveness and Process Outcomes in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Insomnia Interventions in the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- The Comparative Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Interventions in Improving Health Outcomes: Meta-Analytic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Computer-based versus in-person interventions for preventing and reducing stress in workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Improving Employee Well-Being and Effectiveness: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Web-Based Psychological Interventions Delivered in the Workplace.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- The Benefit of Web- and Computer-Based Interventions for Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth interventions for reducing mental health conditions in employees: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of and Mechanisms of Change in a Self-Help Web- and App-Based Resilience Intervention on Perceived Stress in the General Working Population: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- A two-armed pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two self-compassion interventions at reducing perceived stress.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Trial
- Evaluating a brief smartphone-based stress management intervention with heart rate biofeedback from built-in sensors in a three arm randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of a Web-Based Stress Management Intervention for Beginning Teachers on Reducing Stress and Mechanisms of Change: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of a Self-Guided Internet Intervention With Optional On-Demand Feedback Versus Digital Psychoeducation on Sleep Hygiene for University Students With Insomnia: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- The Evaluation of the GET.ON Nationwide Web-Only Treatment Service for Depression- and Stress-Related Symptoms: Naturalistic Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of Individualized Sensory-Based mHealth Interventions to Improve Distress Coping in Healthcare Professionals: A Multi-Arm Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
- The Efficacy of a Web-Based Stress Management Intervention for Employees Experiencing Adverse Working Conditions and Occupational Self-efficacy as a Mediator: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundWork-related stress is highly prevalent among employees and is associated with adverse mental health consequences. Web-based interventions offer the opportunity to deliver effective solutions on a large scale; however, the evidence is limited and the results conflicting.
objectiveThis randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of guided Web- and mobile-based stress management training for employees.
methodsA total of 264 employees with elevated symptoms of stress (Perceived Stress Scale-10, PSS-10≥22) were recruited from the general working population and randomly assigned to an Internet-based stress management intervention (iSMI) or waitlist control group. The intervention (GET.ON Stress) was based on Lazarus's transactional model of stress, consisted of seven sessions, and applied both well-established problem solving and more recently developed emotion regulation strategies. Participants also had the opportunity to request automatic text messages on their mobile phone along with the iSMI. Participants received written feedback on every completed session from an e-coach. The primary outcome was perceived stress (PSS-10). Web-based self-report assessments for both groups were scheduled at baseline, 7 weeks, and 6 months. At 12 months, an extended follow-up was carried out for the iSMI group only.
resultsAn intention-to-treat analysis of covariance revealed significantly large effect differences between iSMI and waitlist control groups for perceived stress at posttest (F1,261=58.08, P<.001; Cohen's d=0.83) and at the 6-month follow-up (F1,261=80.17, P<.001; Cohen's d=1.02). The effects in the iSMI group were maintained at 12-month follow-up.
conclusionsThis Web- and mobile-based intervention has proven effective in reducing stress in employees in the long term. Internet-based stress management interventions should be further pursued as a valuable alternative to face-to-face interventions.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register (DRKS): 00004749; http://drks-neu.uniklinik-freiburg.de/ drks_web/setLocale_EN.do (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6e8rl98nl).
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