Towards an assessment of psychosocial work factors in a multi-level mental health intervention in the workplace: results from the MENTUPP pilot-study
We found significant differences in psychosocial work environment factors among work sectors and job positions at baseline. Contrary to our hypotheses, three psychosocial work environment factors decreased at follow-up. Possible explanations are the utilization of specific psychosocial factors as resources to cope with psychosocial stressors, high participant expectations that were not met by the intervention, insufficient time for structural changes, or the intervention prompting critical evaluations of the work environment. These findings will inform the design and implementation of the forthcoming clustered randomized controlled trial, where they will also be further investigated to validate their significance.
Authors
- Hans De Witte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-517X)
- Paul E. Corcoran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-7136)
- Kahar Abdulla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9387-5598)
- Chantal Van Audenhove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-5439)
- Birgit Aust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-6577)
- Margaret Maxwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-9500)
- Fotini Tsantila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1229-6318)
- Eve Griffin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0249-6428)
- Arlinda Cerga Pashoja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7029-947X)
- Lars de Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-3204)
- Evelien Coppens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3399-5828)
- Caleb Leduc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1140-0184)
- Reiner Rugulies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-131X)
- Birgit A. Greiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-6662)
- Hanna Reich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-1144)
- Ella Arensman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-1203)
- Bridget Hogg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2405-0593)
- Mallorie Leduc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-4861)
- Victoria Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-1205)
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Griffith University (AU)
- University of Stirling (GB)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Vaal University of Technology (ZA)
- University College Cork (IE)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Hospital Del Mar (ES)
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment (DK)
- National Suicide Research Foundation (IE)
- European Alliance Against Depression (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02096-6
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission