The validity and the sensitivity of different measures implemented in the web application StayOk are investigated. The measures are used primarily for the assessment and the early identification of psychosocial risks. Secondarily, the results of the assessment are applied to generate health-promoting advices for the user of the web application.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
174
Patients fill in the questionnaires of the web application and receive an analyzed profile of their psychosocial condition and health-promoting advices
Helsana
Zurich, Switzerland
Psychological distress
The psychological distress is assessed by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis \& Melisaratos, 1983)
Time frame: 0 week (first assessment)
Work-related sense of coherence
The work-related sense of coherence is assessed by the Work Sense of Coherence (W-SoC 9; Jenny et al., 2016)
Time frame: 0 weeks
Perceived self-efficacy
This aspect is measure by the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE; Damásio et al., 2016)
Time frame: 0 weeks
Effectiveness of health-promoting advices
The effectiveness of the advices generated by the software is assessed by means of a self-developed questionnaire: Participants are inquired as to (1) whether they put in practice the advices and (2) how they evaluate the benefit of the applied advices and the consequent satisfaction.
Time frame: 12 weeks after the first assessment
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