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Stop for Stress - a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing an Online and a Group-based Format of an Intervention for Work-related Stress
Led by Lea Nørgaard Sørensen · Updated on 2025-06-17
220
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
122 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Lea Nørgaard Sørensen
Lead Sponsor
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Gødstrup Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Work-related stress is a major public health concern, causing sickness absenteeism and impaired health and well-being. Many afflicted with severe work-related stress will not receive evidence-based treatment due to geographical distance, stigma and unwillingness to participate in a group, creating unequality access to healthcare services. Online interventions show comparable effects to face-to-face interventions and have potential to break down some of these barriers. We have developed and pilot tested the online delivery format of the intervention for work-related stress, Stop for Stress, with promising results. In a two-armed, multicentre randomized controlled trial we aim to 1) compare the effect of the online delivery format and an evidence-based face-to-face group-based format and 2) identify markers of enhanced outcomes in each delivery format. The study will include 220 patients with severe work-related stress (110 from each of two centres) who are randomizes 1:1 to the two interventions. Outcomes consist of self-report measures of psychological symptoms, cognitive functioning, sleep, and perceived working environment and register data on ebsenteeism and return-to-work.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Stop for Stress - a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing an Online and a Group-based Format of an Intervention for Work-related Stress
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Current employment and significant work-related stressors
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) score 60 and symptom duration >4 weeks
- If on full-time sick leave, a return to work plan must coincide with the intervention
- Access to a computer or tablet with internet connection at home
You will not qualify if you...
- Interpersonal difficulties, bullying, harassment, violence, threats, or traumatic events as the primary stressor
- Severe stressors outside of work
- Symptoms meeting diagnostic criteria for anxiety, depression, or severe psychiatric illnesses requiring specialized treatment
- Current abuse of alcohol and/or psychoactive drugs
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Central Region Denmark, Denmark, 8200
Actively Recruiting
2
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Gødstrup Hospital
Herning, Central Region Denmark, Denmark, 7400
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
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Lea N Sørensen, MSc Psychology
CONTACT
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Zara A Stokholm, MD, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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