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Increasing engagement with, and effectiveness of, an online CBT-based stress management intervention for employees through the use of an online facilitated bulletin board: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.
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Increasing Engagement With and Effectiveness of an Online CBT Based Stress Management Intervention for Employees Through the Use of an Online Facilitated Bulletin Board: Design of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mental health interventions affecting university faculty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Strategies for Implementing Occupational eMental Health Interventions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Guideline
- Clarifying the Concept of Adherence to eHealth Technology: Systematic Review on When Usage Becomes Adherence.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Preliminary findings from a brief psychodynamic counseling program for university staff: users' psychological characteristics and implications for the program's utility.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2026Article
- Blended Smoking Cessation Treatment: Exploring Measurement, Levels, and Predictors of Adherence.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Employees' Perspectives on the Facilitators and Barriers to Engaging With Digital Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace: Qualitative Study.JMIR mental health · 2018Article
- Increasing engagement with an occupational digital stress management program through the use of an online facilitated discussion group: Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2017Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe evidence for the benefits of online cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)-based programmes delivered in a clinical context is clear, but this evidence does not translate to online CBT-based stress management programmes delivered within a workplace context. One of the challenges to the delivery of online interventions is programme engagement; this challenge is even more acute for interventions delivered in real-world settings such as the workplace. The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the effect of an online facilitated discussion group on engagement, and to estimate the potential effectiveness of an online CBT-based stress management programme.
methodsThis study is a three-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing a minimally guided, online, CBT-based stress management intervention delivered with and without an online facilitated bulletin board, and a wait list control group. Up to 90 employees from six UK-based organisations will be recruited to the study. Inclusion criteria will include age 18 years or over, elevated levels of stress (as measured on the PSS-10 scale), access to a computer or a tablet and the Internet. The primary outcome measure will be engagement, as defined by the number of logins to the site; secondary outcome measures will include further measures of engagement (the number of pages visited, the number of modules completed and self-report engagement) and measures of effectiveness (psychological distress and subjective wellbeing). Possible moderators will include measures of intervention quality (satisfaction, acceptability, credibility, system usability), time pressure, goal conflict, levels of distress at baseline and job autonomy. Measures will be taken at baseline, 2 weeks (credibility and expectancy measures only), 8 weeks (completion of intervention) and 16 weeks (follow-up). Primary analysis will be conducted on intention-to-treat principles. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge this is the first study to explore the effect of an online discussion group on the engagement and effectiveness of an online CBT-based stress management intervention. This study could provide a solution to the growing problem of poor employee psychological health and begin to address the challenge of increasing engagement with Internet-delivered health interventions.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02729987 . Registered on 18 Mar 2016.
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