TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and development of a digital intervention for workplace stress and mental health (EMPOWER)
AU - van der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M.
AU - Shepherd, Jessie
AU - Gevaert, Jessie
AU - Van Aerden, Karen
AU - Vanroelen, Christophe
AU - Cepa, Oriol Borrega
AU - Recio, Laura Gonzalez
AU - Bernard, Renaldo M.
AU - Vorstenbosch, Ellen
AU - Cristobal-Narvaez, Paula
AU - Felez-Nobrega, Mireia
AU - de Miquel, Carlota
AU - Merecz-Kot, Dorota
AU - Staszewska, Kaja
AU - Sinokki, Marjo
AU - Naumanen, Paivi
AU - Hakkaart-van Roijen, Leona
AU - van Krugten, Frederique
AU - de Mul, Marleen
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Olaya, Beatriz
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Purpose: We describe the design and development of the European Platform to Promote health and wellbeing in the workplace (EMPOWER) digital intervention that provides an integrative user programme meeting the needs of employees and employers in addressing work stress. Results: A user-centred design process was followed from January 2020 until November 2021. A tailored algorithm was developed to provide support at the individual employee level and the company level. Each element of the digital intervention was developed in English and then translated in Spanish, English, Polish and Finnish. The digital intervention consists of a website and a mobile application (app) that provides algorithm-based personalised content after assessing a user's somatic and psychological symptoms, work functioning, and psychosocial risk factors for work stress. It has a public section and an employer portal that provides recommendations to reduce psychosocial risks in their company based upon clustered input from employees. Usability testing was conducted and showed high ease of use and completion of tasks by participants. Conclusion: The EMPOWER digital intervention is a tailored multimodal intervention addressing wellbeing, work stress, mental and physical health problems, and work productivity. This will be used in a planned RCT in four countries to evaluate its effectiveness.
AB - Purpose: We describe the design and development of the European Platform to Promote health and wellbeing in the workplace (EMPOWER) digital intervention that provides an integrative user programme meeting the needs of employees and employers in addressing work stress. Results: A user-centred design process was followed from January 2020 until November 2021. A tailored algorithm was developed to provide support at the individual employee level and the company level. Each element of the digital intervention was developed in English and then translated in Spanish, English, Polish and Finnish. The digital intervention consists of a website and a mobile application (app) that provides algorithm-based personalised content after assessing a user's somatic and psychological symptoms, work functioning, and psychosocial risk factors for work stress. It has a public section and an employer portal that provides recommendations to reduce psychosocial risks in their company based upon clustered input from employees. Usability testing was conducted and showed high ease of use and completion of tasks by participants. Conclusion: The EMPOWER digital intervention is a tailored multimodal intervention addressing wellbeing, work stress, mental and physical health problems, and work productivity. This will be used in a planned RCT in four countries to evaluate its effectiveness.
KW - Digital intervention
KW - Employees
KW - Mental health
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Wellbeing
KW - Work stress
KW - Workplace
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U2 - 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100689
DO - 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100689
M3 - Article
C2 - 38054076
VL - 34
JO - Internet Interventions-the Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health
JF - Internet Interventions-the Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health
M1 - 100689
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being