Qualitative Exploration of a Mobile Stress Management Intervention for Mental Health Workers

Sevda Demirel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coping Behaviour; Work-Related Stress; User Experience of Mobile Application

Treatments: Device: A self-monitoring mobile application for stress management at work

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06991439

S@W_240101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this qualitative intervention study is to explore the experiences of mental healthcare workers using the STAPP@Work app to manage work-related stress. STAPP@Work is a mobile self-monitoring app designed for the workplace, that supports users in recognizing, understanding, and managing daily stress. The app measures stress levels multiple times per day by asking what you were doing, how you were feeling and your stress signals. It offers real-time feedback and a visual overview of stress levels at both the daily and weekly level, including the context. This allows users to recognize their own stress triggers and patterns. In addition, the app provides practical suggestions to help users cope with stress.

The main question this study aims to answer is:

• How do mental healthcare workers experience the use of the STAPP@Work app in daily work life?

Participants will:

• Use the STAPP@Work app for a period of 2 weeks.
• Participate in a semi-structured interview after the use of the intervention to discuss their experiences with the app.

This is a single-group qualitative study. There is no control or comparison group. The findings will contribute to understanding how mobile health interventions can support employees in high-pressure healthcare environments, and provide insight into user experiences, perceived benefits and limitations, and factors that may influence engagement and implementation.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Employee at GGz Centraal

Exclusion criteria

• Not employed at GGz Centraal
• Prior participation in a STAPP@Work research study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

STAPP@Work App Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this arm will use the STAPP@Work mobile intervention for a period of two weeks. The app prompts users multiple times per day to self-monitor their stress by answering short questions about their current activity, mood, and stress signals. It provides real-time feedback, visual summaries of stress patterns over time, and practical tips for stress management. After the intervention period, participants will take part in a semi-structured interview to reflect on their experiences of using the app.

Treatment:

Device: A self-monitoring mobile application for stress management at work