Evaluation of a manualised cognitive-behavioral intervention of work-related distress for outpatients with mental disorders

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN02744123

Enrollment

Registered

2007-05-02

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-10-04

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Conditions

Mental disorders, vocational distress. Mental and Behavioural Disorders vocational distress

Interventions

All outpatients receive cognitive behavioral therapy. Subjects have indicated vocational problems at the beginning of their outpatients? treatment. After randomised assignment, the intervention group

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of the Outpatient Clinic, Psychological Institute, University of Mainz 2. Working part-time or full-time 3. Reported vocational distress 4. 18 - 65 years old 5. Indication for group intervention in addition to individual therapy 6. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Present or recent suicidal thoughts or behaviors 2. Current substance abuse 3. Acute psychotic or maniac symptoms 4. Dementia or neurodegenerative disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcomes will be measured after receipt of informed consent, after treatment and at three-month follow-up in the intervention group. In the control group they will be measured after receipt of informed consent, before treatment (i.e. after having waited), after treatment and at three-month follow-up. 1. Increase of work-related satisfaction (questionnaire for assessment of job satisfaction) 2. Improvement of mental health (Brief Symptom Inventory [BSI]) 3. Reduction of social stress at work (questionnaire for assessment of social stressors at work) 4. Improvement of coping strategies (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory]) 5. Increase of motivation to deal with occupational distress during psychotherapeutic treatment (FBTM questionnaire, designed to assess work-related therapy motivation of inpatients) 6. Decrease of wish for pension (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory])	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcomes will be measured after receipt of informed consent, after treatment and at three-month follow-up in the intervention group. In the control group they will be measured after receipt of informed consent, before treatment (i.e. after having waited), after treatment and at three-month follow-up. 1. Increase of work-related satisfaction (questionnaire for assessment of job satisfaction) 2. Improvement of mental health (Brief Symptom Inventory [BSI]) 3. Reduction of social stress at work (questionnaire for assessment of social stressors at work) 4. Improvement of coping strategies (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory]) 5. Increase of motivation to deal with occupational distress during psychotherapeutic treatment (FBTM questionnaire, designed to assess work-related therapy motivation of inpatients) 6. Decrease of wish for pension (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory])

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of general life satisfaction (AVEM questionnaire [Occupational stress and coping inventory]), measured after receipt of informed consent, after treatment and at three-month follow-up in the intervention group. In the control group this will be measured after receipt of informed consent, before treatment (i.e. after having waited), after treatment and at three-month follow-up.	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026