Can a participatory intervention with actions plans across multiple organizational levels lead to changes in stress and the psychosocial working environment within two different organizations?

Organizational stress prevention – a participatory intervention with actions plans across multiple organizational levels.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN84940247

Enrollment

500

Registered

2019-04-23

Start date

2019-05-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-02-10

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Conditions

Quality of life Not Applicable

Interventions

The intervention consists of four phases: 1. Mapping: questionnaires sent to all employees at the workplace 2. Intervention: training HR, HR training managers, team dialogues and sending actions plan

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Staff at workplaces with a minimum of three organizational levels 2. Staff at workplaces with some heterogeneity among staff, such as professions and educational level.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals not employed at the participating companies

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Perceived stress measured by perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and a single-item measure of stress symptoms (Ero A-L & A. Leppänen 2003) at baseline in May 2019, June 2019 and follow-up in April 2020 and June 2020 2. Measures of the psychosocial working environment measured with the Danish Psychosocial Questionnaire domain (Clausen et al. 2017): influence, possibilities for performing work tasks, predictability, quantitative demands, justice, justice in the workplace, recognition, social support from colleagues, trust between colleagues, social support from management , work-life balance; at baseline in May 2019, June 2019 and follow-up in April 2020 and June 2020.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Perceived stress measured by perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and a single-item measure of stress symptoms (Ero A-L & A. Leppänen 2003) at baseline in May 2019, June 2019 and follow-up in April 2020 and June 2020 2. Measures of the psychosocial working environment measured with the Danish Psychosocial Questionnaire domain (Clausen et al. 2017): influence, possibilities for performing work tasks, predictability, quantitative demands, justice, justice in the workplace, recognition, social support from colleagues, trust between colleagues, social support from management , work-life balance; at baseline in May 2019, June 2019 and follow-up in April 2020 and June 2020.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Psychosocial safety climate assessment (Dollard et al. 2010) 2. Satisfaction with the psychosocial work environment questionnaire (Clausen et al. 2017) 3. Voice behavior questionnaire (Detert & Burris 2007) 4. Distributed leadership questionnaire (Jønsson 2019) 5. Empowering leadership questionnaire (Arnold et al. 2000) 6. Psychological safety questionnaire (Edmondson 1999) Secondary outcomes are measured at the same time points as the primary outcomes.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Psychosocial safety climate assessment (Dollard et al. 2010) 2. Satisfaction with the psychosocial work environment questionnaire (Clausen et al. 2017) 3. Voice behavior questionnaire (Detert & Burris 2007) 4. Distributed leadership questionnaire (Jønsson 2019) 5. Empowering leadership questionnaire (Arnold et al. 2000) 6. Psychological safety questionnaire (Edmondson 1999) Secondary outcomes are measured at the same time points as the primary outcomes.

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Countries

Denmark

Contacts

Public ContactTanja Kirkegaard

tanjak@psy.au.dk+45 87165272

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026