Clinical diagnosis of a mental disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Manualised intervention involving 10 x 1-hour meetings with a Mental Health Employment Liaison Worker (MHELW) over a three-month period. Employees and line managers will receive 7 sessions each, 3 of
Sponsors
University of Birmingham
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult workers with a clinical diagnosis of a mental disorder, who are currently receiving treatment by an NHS healthcare provider 2. Employees with a clinical diagnosis of a mental disorder 3. Employees currently receiving care for mental health problems through NHS services 4. Aged =18 years 5. Able to give written informed consent 6. Fluent in English 7. Willing to work with the MHELW and their business line manager
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Currently in acute mental health crisis as defined by their clinical team 2. Currently on extended sick leave (i.e., >4 weeks) 3. Receiving input from an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Worker 4. Planning to retire within the next 10 months and unable to complete intervention and evaluation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility and acceptability outcomes: 1. Recruitment in a 5-month recruitment period measured using participant records 2. Retention rate as measured by attendance at the post intervention assessment 3. Estimates of eligible participants recruited, failures to recruit due to recruitment issues, and participants dropping out due to feasibility issues measured using participant records at 3 months 4. Completion rate of study questionnaires (employee and line manager) at baseline and 3 months for both intervention and control groups, reported as percentage missing data for each assessment schedule at baseline and 3 months 5. Participants attending = 70% of the sessions (5 out of 7 individual sessions) measured using participant records 6. Estimate agreement rate of MHELW, whether each of the intervention sessions were delivered as intended measured using self report by MHELW at 3 months 7. Estimates of failures to recruit due to lack of acceptability, participants dropped out due to lack of acceptability, and adverse or serious adverse events measured using participant records at 3 months Other outcomes: 8. Work productivity (measured at baseline and 3 months) measured by the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment: General Health v2.0 (WPAI:GH) scale. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intended secondary outcomes (measured at baseline and 3 months): Employee 1. Job satisfaction measured using the Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale 2. Anxiety measured using the General Anxiety Disorder-7 3. Depression measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 4. Health-related quality of life measured using the Euro-Qol-five-dimensional scale 5. Sense of control using the Sense of Control scale 6. Decisional conflict using the Decisional Conflict scale 7. Days taken off sick in the last month (self-reported) Intended secondary outcomes (measured at baseline and 3 months): Line manager 1. Mental health knowledge measured using the mental health knowledge scale (MAKS) 2. Attitude about mental health measured using personal depression stigma scale 3. Managers’ self-efficacy surrounding mental health measured using general self-efficacy scale 4. Managers’ intentions to promote mental health in the workplace measured using safety promotion intention scale 5. Job related burnout measured using the Shirom-Melamed burnout scale 6. Individual work performance measured using the individual work performance questionnaire Process Evaluation The process evaluation will use a mixed methods approach. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed