Smartphone-based Stress Management Intervention for Employees

Development of Stress Guide for Employees: Smartphone-based Stress Management Intervention

Participants were able to use the application the investigators developed for four weeks. With the application, the participants were able to monitor their stress level and life style patterns. The participants were also provided personalized stress management techniques including psychoeducation and cognitive behavioral technique. In 2014, additional relaxation techniques-abdominal breathing, progressive muscular relaxation, and meditation-were incorporated. Participants' mental health status and life style patterns were evaluated at baseline and at 4 weeks. Pre- and post-intervention statuses were compared after adjusting for degrees of life stress factors. Brief encounter psychosocial instrument (BEPSI-K) score and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score were used as primary outcome measures.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stress, Psychological
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Stress guide

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 68
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Korea, Republic of
  • Gyeonggi-do
    • Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 13605
      • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any employee from three corporations (the Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), the Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC), and the Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC)); any individual who visited the health promotion center for a health checkup at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: treatment arm; All individual is instructed to use the application we developed for 4 weeks	Behavioral: Stress guide; smartphone-based application that can evaluate stress level and teach how to manage their stress

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score at 4 weeks	Change from baseline Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score at 4 weeks	Baseline and after the intervention for 4 weeks
Change from baseline Brief encounter psychosocial instrument (BEPSI-K) score at 4 weeks	Change from baseline Brief encounter psychosocial instrument (BEPSI-K) score at 4 weeks	Baseline and after the intervention for 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital
• Collaborators: KT Corporation
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jeong Hyun Kim, MD, Ph.D, Seoul National Univerysity Bundang Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 19, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 19, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2017
• Last Verified: July 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: B-1206/158-112

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No