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HOLIDAILY – The vacation-coach A smartphone-based application for sustainable recovery from severe occupational stress

HOLIDAILY – The vacation-coach A smartphone-based application for sustainable recovery from severe occupational stress - Holidaily

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00013650
Enrollment
788
Registered
2018-01-15
Start date
2017-07-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

Occupational Stress Burnout Lack of relaxation or leisure time (Z73.2)

Interventions

Group 1: Arm 1:   Group A: receives two weeks prior to their vacation access to the App “Holidaily”. On a daily basis participants will be presented with an option of three recovery exercises (Daily’s

Sponsors

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Abteilung für Gesundheitspsychologie und Angewandte Biologische Psychologie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Vacation in foreseeable future - Internet Access - Smartphone - Occupational Stress

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Participation in other training programs - Participation in a psychotherapeutic treatment - Unemployment - Unstable medication usage

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary endpoint will be work related perseverative thinking (work related rumination). This will be assessed by the means of a validated questionnaire, the irritation scale. To assess the efficacy of the application, participants are asked to answer two weeks prior to their vacation= t1, last working day=t2, middle of vacation=t3, end of first working day=t4, two weeks’ post vacation=t5 online questionnaires. Participants from Arm 1. receive an additional questionnaire four weeks’ post vacation=t6*. The primary comparison between study conditions will be conducted two weeks´ post vacation (t5). Employed questionnaire: Mohr, G., Müller, A., Rigotti, T., Aycan, Z., & Tschan, F. (2006). The assessment of psychological strain in work contexts. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 22(3), 198-206.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Mental health: - Symptoms of Depression: The PHQ-8 as a measure of current depression in the general population. (PHQ-8 Kroenke K, Strine, Spitzer, Williams, Berry & Mokdad, 2009): Measures depressive symptoms (t1, t4, t5, t6*). - Emotional exhaustion: Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, Jackson. Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (MBI-GS). In: Maslach, Jackson, Leiter, eds. Maslach Burnout Inventory. 3rd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press; (1996) (t1, t4, t5, t6*). - Sleep disorder: Validation of the insomnia severity index as an outcome measure for insomnia research. (Bastien CH, Vallières A, Morin CM: 2001): (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6*). Recovery Recovery in accordance with the DRMMA-Model by Newman DB, Tay L, Diener E. Leisure and Subjective Well-Being: A Model of Psychological Mechanisms as Mediating Factors. J Happiness Stud 2014; 15(3):555–78. (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6*). The sum scores and individual components will be considered: - Mental detachment and recovery: Sonnentag S, Fritz C. The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. July 2007;12(3):204-221. (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6*) - Autonomy, Mastery and Affiliation: Johnston MM, Finney SJ. Measuring basic needs satisfaction: Evaluating previous research and conducting new psychometric evaluations of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale. Contemporary Educational Psychology. October 2010;35(4):280-296. (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6*). - Meaning: Hackman JR, Oldham GR. The Job Diagnostic Survey: An instrument for the diagnosis of jobs and the evaluation of job redesign projects. New Haven: Yale University; 1974. (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6*). Further measures of recovery: - Need for recovery: Measurement quality and validity of the “need for recovery scale”; Occupational and Environmental Medicine (van Veldhoven & Broersen, 2003) (t1, t2, t4, t5, t6*). - Recreational a

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJo Annika Reins

Leuphana Universität

reins@leuphana.de+49.4131/6772378

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 24, 2026