NCT03648593

Promo@Work Entrepreneurs

The Effects of Counselling Delivered Through Native Mobile Application on Work Ability and Work Recovery Among Micro-entrepreneurs

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,256 (actual)
• Sponsor: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 68 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Work Ability
• Work-Related Condition
• Health Behavior
• Intervention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	work recovery intervention	Recover! app: one hour weekly for two months
BEHAVIORAL	waiting list control	no treatment during 6 months,then Recover! app

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-18
• Primary completion: 2018-08-30
• Completion: 2019-03-31
• First posted: 2018-08-27
• Last updated: 2018-08-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland