Chronobiological and ACT-based Training to Handle Stress at Work

Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene and bright light in the morning; Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04290117

2019-01318

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present project is to combine "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" and "sleep hygiene + light-therapy (so-called chronotherapy)" serially in a sample of employees to reduce levels of subjective exhaustion.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• working in an office mainly (i.e., > 60% of work time)
• Age: ≥18 years old
• Sex: male and female individuals
• Ownership of cell phone with internet connection
• informed consent as documented by signature

Exclusion criteria

• diseases of the retina or related diseases such as diabetes mellitus
• taking drugs which heighten photosensitivity
• inability to understand and follow procedures in German

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 4 patient groups

ACT-Chrono

Experimental group

Description:

First Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) training, followed by chronobiological training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Training

Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene and bright light in the morning

Chrono-ACT

Experimental group

Description:

First chronobiological training, followed by ACT training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Training

Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene and bright light in the morning

Chrono

Other group

Description:

First no training, followed by chronobiological training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene and bright light in the morning

ACT

Other group

Description:

First no training, followed by ACT training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Training