Positive mental health effects of the Coping With Strain (CWS) course on employees: a four-year longitudinal randomized controlled trial

IF 1 4区医学 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion Pub Date : 2016-05-26 DOI:10.1080/14623730.2016.1196231

G. Sælid, N. Czajkowski, A. Holte, K. Tambs, L. Aarø

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Abstract

Abstract The Coping With Strain (CWS) course is a modified version of the Coping With Depression (CWD) course. CWD has been shown to reduce depression in several target groups. However, no other study has tested a modified CWD course delivered at the workplace to promote mental health. As mental health problems among employees remain a neglected area in many countries, and initiatives at the workplace often lack documentation of effects, we tested the effects of CWS on self-esteem, self-efficacy and vitality. After advertisement at workplaces, 119 employees were randomized into Intervention Group 1 (IG1), which immediately participated in CWS, or Intervention Group 2 (IG2), which functioned as a control group for six months until its participation in CWS. The follow-up period lasted for four years in both IG1 and IG2. Linear mixed models were fitted to the data. Self-efficacy, self-esteem and vitality increased significantly during the course and showed further significantly elevated levels at the follow-ups. CWS delivered at the workplace has short-term effects and the long-term effects may be maintained over a period of four years.

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应对压力课程对员工心理健康的积极影响:一项为期四年的纵向随机对照试验

摘要压力应对课程是抑郁应对课程的改良版。CWD已被证明可以减少几个目标群体的抑郁症。然而，没有其他研究测试过在工作场所提供的改进的CWD课程，以促进心理健康。由于员工的心理健康问题在许多国家仍然是一个被忽视的领域，而且工作场所的举措往往缺乏影响的文件，我们测试了CWS对自尊、自我效能和活力的影响。在工作场所做广告后，将119名员工随机分为干预组1 (IG1)和对照组2 (IG2)，干预组1立即参与CWS，干预组2作为对照组6个月后参与CWS。IG1和IG2的随访期均为4年。对数据进行线性混合模型拟合。自我效能、自尊和活力在治疗过程中显著提高，并在随访中进一步显著提高。在工作场所产生的慢性疲劳综合症有短期影响，而长期影响可能持续四年以上。

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International Journal of Mental Health Promotion Multiple-

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1.70

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7.70%

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