Mental Health Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
mental health, assessment, health promotion, case management, health insurance
Brief summary
The validity and the sensitivity of different measures implemented in the web application StayOk are investigated. The measures are used primarily for the assessment and the early identification of psychosocial risks. Secondarily, the results of the assessment are applied to generate health-promoting advices for the user of the web application.
Interventions
DEVICEStayOk web application
Patients fill in the questionnaires of the web application and receive an analyzed profile of their psychosocial condition and health-promoting advices
Sponsors
Health and Medical Services
Helsana
Neomentum
Sanatorium Kilchberg AG
Design your life
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Patients are examined at two time points: baseline and 12 weeks after the Intervention. The Intervention consists of health-promoting advices provided by the software algorithm. The effect of this intervention is evaluated 12 weeks after.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* at 16 years of age * mild to moderate psychological distress
Exclusion criteria
* serious cognitive impairment due to dementia or cerebrovascular insult * Insufficient knowledge of one of the following languages: German, French, Italian or English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological distress | 0 week (first assessment) | The psychological distress is assessed by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983) |
| Work-related sense of coherence | 0 weeks | The work-related sense of coherence is assessed by the Work Sense of Coherence (W-SoC 9; Jenny et al., 2016) |
| Perceived self-efficacy | 0 weeks | This aspect is measure by the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE; Damásio et al., 2016) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Effectiveness of health-promoting advices | 12 weeks after the first assessment | The effectiveness of the advices generated by the software is assessed by means of a self-developed questionnaire: Participants are inquired as to (1) whether they put in practice the advices and (2) how they evaluate the benefit of the applied advices and the consequent satisfaction. |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed