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Conditions
Brief summary
Uprise is a mental health tech company that provides mental health and employee assistance programs to organisations for their employees. iCare has awarded Uprise funding through their WorkUp initiative that aims to help injured workers across New South Wales. In partnership with the Black Dog Institute, Uprise aims to conduct a pilot trial of Workable, in order to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the program. Feasibility of the program will be assessed by the recruitment rate, attrition, (ie the proportion of participants who consent and drop out of the study) and adherence to the intervention (ie the number of modules completed). In addition, a secondary aim of the pilot study is to conduct a preliminary examination of the efficacy of the Workable program in improving mental health and return to work (RTW) outcomes. Participants in the pilot trial will be approximately 20 workers currently on leave due to a work-related physical or psychological injury.
Interventions
The intervention is "Workable" by Uprise - a 6-week digital mental resilience program designed to assist injured workers return to work earlier. Workable involves:
i) Weekly self-administered online skills modules with videos, of approximately 10 minutes duration. The modules are all availabile at once, but users are recommended to complete them in the following order:
Weeks 1 and 2: Thoughts about work
Weeks 3 and 4: Problem Solving
Weeks 5 and 6: Relapse Prevention
Optional at any time: Pain
The intervention is "Workable" by Uprise - a 6-week digital mental resilience program designed to assist injured workers return to work earlier. Workable involves: i) Weekly self-administered online skills modules with videos, of approximately 10 minutes duration. The modules are all availabile at once, but users are recommended to complete them in the following order: Weeks 1 and 2: Thoughts about work Weeks 3 and 4: Problem Solving Weeks 5 and 6: Relapse Prevention Optional at any time: Pain and fatigue management Participants are able do modules on more than one occasion. ii) Homework exercises, such as - creating a list of problems that the user is currently facing for returning to work - creating a list of current thoughts about returning to work - creating a list of solutions that the user has already tried for returning to work - daily practice of controlled breathing (with a guided audio exercise) iii) Weekly coaching telephone calls of up to 60 minutes duration. Coaching calls are conducted by registered psychologists with a minimum of 5 years experience post graduation. The psychologists will receive supervision from a senior clinical psychologist. Workable teaches a recently injured worker (whether physical or psychological injury) an evidence-based problem solving process and focuses on participant autonomy to generate solutions, take action and evaluate outcomes. Additionally, the worker is taught how to identify and modify cognitions related to returning to work while still experiencing mental health symptoms. The intervention is tailored to address specific domains known to influence return to work (RTW) outcomes such as peer and family connections, social functioning, workplace relationships, pain and health factors. It is a modified version of a program evaluated in the Netherlands that has demonstrated a reduction in time to return to work (RTW) compared to care as usual. Adherence will be monitored by recording the number of online modules of the Workable program completed by the participant and the number of coaching telephone calls participated in. Participants are also asked to complete online questionnaires at baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks) and at 12-week post-intervention (18 weeks).
Sponsors
Uprise Services Pty Ltd
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
• Aged over 18 years • Employed, but currently on leave from work due to a work-related physical or psychological injury (leave duration at recruitment to be between 2 and 26 weeks) • Not engaged in legal action against their employer • Good understanding of English
Exclusion criteria
• Severe depression (indicated by a PHQ-9 score >19) • Current psychotic episode or • Active suicidal intent or current plan to harm themselves or others
Outcome results
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