Observational studyBMC public health2016
Effectiveness of psychotherapeutic consultation in the workplace: a controlled observational trial.
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- Towards a better understanding of work participation among employees with common mental health problems: a systematic realist review.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Pooled it
- Intensified return to work clinical aftercare for sick-listed employees with diagnosed mental disorders in Germany: effects of a multicentre randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Associations between Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work-Specific Self-Efficacy Beliefs Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Long-Term Effectiveness of Stress Management at Work: Effects of the Changes in Perceived Stress Reactivity on Mental Health and Sleep Problems Seven Years Later.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work Compared to Care as Usual for Employees with Common Mental Disorders or Subthreshold Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial in Germany.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2025Article
- Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes?Psychologica Belgica · 2025Article
- [Psychotherapeutic consultation at work: associations between company size and psychosomatic health].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
- [Mental health problems among employees: service use and costs to the German healthcare system].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
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- Conceptual Framework of a Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychotherapeutic Consultation Services in the Workplace: A Longitudinal Analysis of Treatments and Sick Leave Using Health Insurance Data.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation of employees with common mental disorders by using psychotherapeutic consultation at work: study protocol of a randomised controlled multicentre trial (friaa project).BMC public health · 2021Article
- Can the Psychosocial Safety Climate Reduce Ill-Health Presenteeism? Evidence from Chinese Healthcare Staff under a Dual Information Processing Path Lens.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of a Brief Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Employees With Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Complaints-Pilot Study of a Consultation Off the Workplace.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Who Should Play a Key Role in Preventing Common Mental Disorders that Affect Employees in the Workplace? Results of a Survey with Occupational Health Physicians, Primary Care Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Human Resource Managers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Prevention of Common Mental Disorders in Employees. Perspectives on Collaboration from Three Health Care Professions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Do Working Conditions of Patients in Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace Differ from Those in Outpatient Care? Results from an Observational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Observational
- Improving Access to Mental Health Care by Delivering Psychotherapeutic Care in the Workplace: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Trial.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study compares the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic consultation in the workplace (PSIW) with psychotherapeutic outpatient care (PSOC) in Germany.
methodsWork ability (WAI), quality of life (SF-12), clinical symptoms (PHQ) and work-related stress (MBI, IS) were assessed in 367 patients seeking mental health care via two routes (PSIW n = 174; PSOC n = 193) before consultation and 12 weeks later. Changes in outcome variables were assessed using covariance analysis with repeated measures (ANCOVA) with sociodemographic variables (propensity score method), therapy dose, setting and symptom severity as covariates.
resultsThe PSIW and PSOC groups included 122 and 66 men respectively. There were 102 first-time users of mental healthcare in the PSIW group and 83 in the PSOC group. There were group differences in outcome variables at baseline (p < 0.05); PSIW patients were less impaired overall. There were no group difference in sociodemographic variables, number of sessions within the offer or symptom severity. There was no main effect of group on outcome variables and no group*time interaction. Work-related stress indicators did not change during the intervention, but work ability improved in both groups (F = 10.149, p = 0.002; baseline M = 27.2, SD = 8.85); follow-up M = 28.6, SD = 9.02), as did perceived mental health (SF-12 MCS), depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (PHQ-7). Effect sizes were between η(2) = 0.028 and η(2) = 0.040.
conclusionsPsychotherapeutic consultation is similarly effective in improving patients' functional and clinical status whether delivered in the workplace or in an outpatient clinic. Offering mental health services in the workplace makes it easier to reach patients at an earlier stage in their illness and thus enables provision of early and effective mental health care.
trial registrationDRKS00003184 , retrospectively registered 13 January 2012.
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