Promo@Work Entrepreneurs

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intervention; Work-Related Condition; Health Behavior; Work Ability

Treatments: Behavioral: waiting list control; Behavioral: work recovery intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03648593

303430 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

3522101

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized intervention study to promote work recovery and work ability among micro-entrepreneurs. The main aim is to investigate if the use of Recovery! -application results in better work recovery and work ability than no treatment for micro-entrepreneurs.

The plan of action of the study merges: 1) the contents that are based on the needs of the target population and evidence from research on work related and health behaviour enhancing work recovery, 2) theoretical framework for the counselling, 3) counselling methods including behaviour change techniques, and 4) tailoring the content and counselling according to trans theoretical change model and physical work demands. The intervention is delivered through native mobile application designed by using the abovementioned methodology.

Data are collected by repeated internet-based questionnaires (at baseline, 2 and 6 months from the beginning of the intervention) and from the use of mobile application. Furthermore, randomly selected persons in two groups (20-30 persons in each) are interviewed. Process evaluation is conducted to detect the mechanisms of change and to study why the program succeeded or failed.

Enrollment: 1,256 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 68 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Finnish-speaking micro-entrepreneurs (those with enterprise of 1-9 employees),
• company is located in Finland.
• work full-time as entrepreneurs,
• understand Finnish,
• use an Android phone.

Exclusion criteria

• not full-time entrepreneurs
• on sick leave
• absent from work

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,256 participants in 2 patient groups

behavioral

Experimental group

Description:

work recovery intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: work recovery intervention

waiting list control

Experimental group

Description:

work recovery intervention after 6 months

Treatment:

Behavioral: waiting list control