Just-in-time delivered planning intervention to reduce stress at the workplace among apprentices

Efficacy of a just-in-time delivered planning intervention to reduce stress at the workplace among apprentices: a micro-randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN12865220

Enrollment

260

Registered

2017-08-08

Start date

2017-08-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-07-05

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Conditions

Stress Mental and Behavioural Disorders Stress, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Participants receive the just-in-time delivered planning intervention to reduce stress on their typically indicated most stressful working day (or a randomly chosen working day in case no most stressf

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Ownership of a mobile phone 2. A perceived stress level at the workplace that is above 3, measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (not stressful) to 5 (extremely stressful) 3. Aged 16 or over

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. A perceived stress level at the workplace that is below 3, measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (not stressful) to 5 (extremely stressful) 2. Age < 16 3. No vocational training at intervention day

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Perceived stress at the workplace, assessed with one item measure 11 hours after the assessment of state of receptivity and the random allocation to one of the two intervention conditions	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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