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Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) among both clinical and nonclinical populations. These data document positive impacts in the workplace, including reducing perceived stress and burnout and increasing well-being. However, the effect...

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Autores principales: Sado, Mitsuhiro, Yamada, Masashi, Ninomiya, Akira, Nagaoka, Maki, Goto, Naho, Koreki, Akihiro, Nakagawa, Atsuo, Segal, Zindel, Mimura, Masaru
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Publicado: JMIR Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35387762
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/36012
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author Sado, Mitsuhiro
Yamada, Masashi
Ninomiya, Akira
Nagaoka, Maki
Goto, Naho
Koreki, Akihiro
Nakagawa, Atsuo
Segal, Zindel
Mimura, Masaru
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Yamada, Masashi
Ninomiya, Akira
Nagaoka, Maki
Goto, Naho
Koreki, Akihiro
Nakagawa, Atsuo
Segal, Zindel
Mimura, Masaru
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description BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) among both clinical and nonclinical populations. These data document positive impacts in the workplace, including reducing perceived stress and burnout and increasing well-being. However, the effectiveness for productivity, which is of most interest to managers and administrators, is still unclear. In addition, MBPs in the workplace tend to be modified by reducing the number of the program sessions or delivering content online to improve accessibility. To date, however, the impact of MBPs that feature these modifications on productivity in the workplace has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online-delivered brief mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (bMBCT) for improving productivity and other work-related outcomes among healthy workers compared to the waitlist control. METHODS: We will conduct a 4-week randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a 6-month follow-up. Employees are included in the study if they (1) are between the ages of 20 and 65 years and (2) work longer than 30 hours weekly. Employees are randomly allocated to either the bMBCT group or the waitlist control group. The primary outcome of the study is the mean difference of productivity measured by the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (WHO-HPQ) between the groups at 4, 16, and 28 weeks. Secondary outcomes include several clinical outcomes and health economics evaluation. RESULTS: We started recruiting participants in August 2021, and the intervention began in October 2021. A total of 104 participants have been enrolled in the study as of October 2021. The intervention is scheduled to be completed in December 2023. Data collection will be completed by the end of January 2024. CONCLUSIONS: The novelty of the study is that (1) it will investigate bMBCT’s effectiveness on productivity, which is still unclear, and (2) samples are recruited from 3 companies in different industries. The limitations of the study are that (1) all measures assessed are in self-report format and (2) we lack an active control group. This study has the potential to provide new data on the relationship between MBPs and occupational health and productivity. TRIAL REGISTRATION: University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000044721; https://tinyurl.com/4e2fh873 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/36012
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spelling pubmed-92377572022-06-29 Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Sado, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Masashi Ninomiya, Akira Nagaoka, Maki Goto, Naho Koreki, Akihiro Nakagawa, Atsuo Segal, Zindel Mimura, Masaru JMIR Res Protoc Protocol BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) among both clinical and nonclinical populations. These data document positive impacts in the workplace, including reducing perceived stress and burnout and increasing well-being. However, the effectiveness for productivity, which is of most interest to managers and administrators, is still unclear. In addition, MBPs in the workplace tend to be modified by reducing the number of the program sessions or delivering content online to improve accessibility. To date, however, the impact of MBPs that feature these modifications on productivity in the workplace has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online-delivered brief mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (bMBCT) for improving productivity and other work-related outcomes among healthy workers compared to the waitlist control. METHODS: We will conduct a 4-week randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a 6-month follow-up. Employees are included in the study if they (1) are between the ages of 20 and 65 years and (2) work longer than 30 hours weekly. Employees are randomly allocated to either the bMBCT group or the waitlist control group. The primary outcome of the study is the mean difference of productivity measured by the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (WHO-HPQ) between the groups at 4, 16, and 28 weeks. Secondary outcomes include several clinical outcomes and health economics evaluation. RESULTS: We started recruiting participants in August 2021, and the intervention began in October 2021. A total of 104 participants have been enrolled in the study as of October 2021. The intervention is scheduled to be completed in December 2023. Data collection will be completed by the end of January 2024. CONCLUSIONS: The novelty of the study is that (1) it will investigate bMBCT’s effectiveness on productivity, which is still unclear, and (2) samples are recruited from 3 companies in different industries. The limitations of the study are that (1) all measures assessed are in self-report format and (2) we lack an active control group. This study has the potential to provide new data on the relationship between MBPs and occupational health and productivity. TRIAL REGISTRATION: University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000044721; https://tinyurl.com/4e2fh873 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/36012 JMIR Publications 2022-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9237757/ /pubmed/35387762 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/36012 Text en ©Mitsuhiro Sado, Masashi Yamada, Akira Ninomiya, Maki Nagaoka, Naho Goto, Akihiro Koreki, Atsuo Nakagawa, Zindel Segal, Masaru Mimura. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 13.06.2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Research Protocols, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.researchprotocols.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Sado, Mitsuhiro
Yamada, Masashi
Ninomiya, Akira
Nagaoka, Maki
Goto, Naho
Koreki, Akihiro
Nakagawa, Atsuo
Segal, Zindel
Mimura, Masaru
Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title_short Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Online Brief Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for the Improvement of Productivity in the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
title_sort effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online brief mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the improvement of productivity in the workplace: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
topic Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35387762
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/36012
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