Clinical and cost-effectiveness of personalized tele-based coaching for agriculturists in preventing psychological distress

Conditions

Subclinical depressive symptoms

Janika Thielecke, Ingrid Titzler, Lina Braun, David Daniel Ebert, Johanna Freund et al. (8 authors)

Occupational Health Science2025-02-03

How to promote usage of telehealth interventions for farmers' mental health? A qualitative study on supporting and hindering aspects for acceptance and satisfaction with a personalized telephone coaching for depression prevention.

Thielecke J, Buntrock C, Freund J, Braun L, Ebert DD, Berking M, Baumeister H, Titzler I.

2023-09-194 citations

10.1016/j.invent.2023.100671

Telephone coaching for the prevention of depression in farmers: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Janika Thielecke, Claudia Buntrock, Ingrid Titzler, Lina Braun, Johanna Freund et al. (8 authors)

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare2022-06-126 citations

10.1177/1357633x221106027

Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Personalized Tele-Based Coaching for Farmers, Foresters and Gardeners to Prevent Depression: Study Protocol of an 18-Month Follow-Up Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (TEC-A)

Janika Thielecke, Claudia Buntrock, Ingrid Titzler, Lina Braun, Johanna Freund et al. (8 authors)

Frontiers in Psychiatry2020-03-039 citations

10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00125

Interventions

Group 1: Personalized tele-based coaching offered by IVP Networks: 3-6 months, weekly contact to a coach (psychologist) via telephone, based on techniques of depth psychology, cognitive behavioral the

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: SVLFG insurance status (health (LKK) or age (LAK) insurance), informed consent, telephone/mobile phone use, Internet access, valid E-mail address, indication for depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 = 5)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current psychotherapeutic treatment, lack of dissociation of suicidal behavior, lack of willingness for tele-based coaching

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome is depressive symptom severity (QIDS-SR16) at post treatment.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Times of measurement: T0 (baseline), T1 (post-treatment – 6 months), T2 (follow-up 1 – 12 months) and T3 (follow-up 2 – 18 months) Secondary outcomes: • Reduction of incidence of clinical depression (T0 – T3): QIDS-SR16 • Reduction of further strains (T0 – T3): perceived stress (PSS-10), insomnia (ISI), somatisation (SSS-8), alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C), emotional exhaustion (MBI-GS), generalized anxiety (GAD-7), major depression (CIDI – screening major depression), suicidality (BDI-II, item 9), symptoms of panic disorder (PAS) • bipolar disorder & anxiety disorder (T0): CIDI screening • Cost-effectiveness (T0 – T3): health care service use and productivity losses (TiC-P), subjective prognosis of work ability (SPE-D), quality of life (AQoL-8D), secondary data of policyholders of SVLFG • Adherence to the intervention (T0 – T3): data of IVP Networks regarding nature, number, frequency and duration of appointments and subjects of counseling • Acceptance of and satisfaction with the intervention (T1 and T2): CSQ-8, questions on acceptance and complaint management • Work alliance (T1 and T2): WAI-SF • Side effects (T1 and T2): INEP and open questions • Sociodemographics, treatment data, predictors (T0)	—

Measure

Time frame

Times of measurement: T0 (baseline), T1 (post-treatment – 6 months), T2 (follow-up 1 – 12 months) and T3 (follow-up 2 – 18 months) Secondary outcomes: • Reduction of incidence of clinical depression (T0 – T3): QIDS-SR16 • Reduction of further strains (T0 – T3): perceived stress (PSS-10), insomnia (ISI), somatisation (SSS-8), alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C), emotional exhaustion (MBI-GS), generalized anxiety (GAD-7), major depression (CIDI – screening major depression), suicidality (BDI-II, item 9), symptoms of panic disorder (PAS) • bipolar disorder & anxiety disorder (T0): CIDI screening • Cost-effectiveness (T0 – T3): health care service use and productivity losses (TiC-P), subjective prognosis of work ability (SPE-D), quality of life (AQoL-8D), secondary data of policyholders of SVLFG • Adherence to the intervention (T0 – T3): data of IVP Networks regarding nature, number, frequency and duration of appointments and subjects of counseling • Acceptance of and satisfaction with the intervention (T1 and T2): CSQ-8, questions on acceptance and complaint management • Work alliance (T1 and T2): WAI-SF • Side effects (T1 and T2): INEP and open questions • Sociodemographics, treatment data, predictors (T0)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJanika Thielecke

Projekt „Mit uns im Gleichgewicht“, Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Institut für Psychologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg

janika.thielecke@fau.de+499131/85-67567

Outcome results

None listed