Work Related Stress, Psychologic Adaptation
Conditions
Keywords
work related stress, Psychological Adaptation
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to identify effective methodologies to help people improve their ability to adapt to psychological stress.
Detailed description
The subjects involved will follow a Stress Management Training (SMT) to learn some techniques to manage stress in the workplace and to increase the effectiveness of the intervention will use an APP and a Conversational Agent (CA) an Artificial Intelligence (AI). The purpose of the smartphone Application (APP) and CA will be to help people identify their thoughts, help them understand their emotions and the events that generated them. The data collected and analyzed will be integrated into artificial intelligence to improve understanding of what people are writing. Based on these analyses, it will be possible to identify the many different variables that interact in cases where a subject shows signs of stress related to adapting to change in the work environment and possible resilience factors that contribute to decreasing the state of stress. Tests will be administered at the beginning, at the end of the meetings, and 3 months after the end of the sessions. Subjects will be divided into various groups to understand whether APP and CA have a significant impact in increasing psychological well-being and stress coping strategies.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSMT
Standard 8 SMT (Stress Management Training) psychological interviews.
DEVICEApp CA
An APP together a CA (Conversational Agent).
Sponsors
Università degli Studi di Trento
Tommaso Ciulli
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
Subjects who will participate in the study voluntarily will be given some pre-intervention tests (T1) to assess their psychological well-being, to understand the main coping strategies they employ to manage stress, general stress, and the presence of cognitive impairment. Questionnaires will be used to collect data and exclude those subjects who do not meet the inclusion criteria. Subjects included in the research will be randomly divided into 4 groups, one group will receive a standard 8 SMT (Stress Management Training) psychological interviews, one group will receive 8 (SMT) psychological interviews and subjects will use an APP together with a CA (Conversational Agent), one group will receive only the APP and the CA, one group will be placed in waiting-list. After the closing of the pathway (T2) the subjects will receive the same questionnaires they received at the beginning and again after 3 months (T3).
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* whitecollar * Normal or moderate levels of anxiety and stress * A sufficient level of education to understand study procedures and be able to communicate with site personnel * at least 40 to 70 years old
Exclusion criteria
* High levels of depression combined with other psychological risk indices (such as suicidal thoughts) * Current use of narcotics or other substances
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| An improvement of the scales contained in the OSI questionnaire | Up to day 60 | The Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI) test is a validated tool to detect sources of stress, coping styles, and the effects of stress on the job. |
| An average improvement in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) test scores | Up to day 60 | The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) test is a validated test for detecting general stress levels. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| An improvement in levels of general psychological well-being Symptom Check List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) | Up to day 60 | The Symptom Check List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) test is a validated test for the detection of some psychological scales such as anxiety, depression and the level of general psychological well-being. |
| An improvement in levels of GAD-7 test scores | Up to day 60 | The GAD-7 test is a validated test for the detection of generalized anxiety disorder. GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores mean worse outcome. |
| An improvement in levels of PHQ-8 test scores | Up to day 60 | The PHQ-8 test is a validated test for the detection of depression. The PHQ-8 is scored just like the PHQ-9 and its total score ranges from 0 to 24. Higher scores mean worse outcome. |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed