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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN54254861
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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HealthIT - Staff health, creativity, and health economy in IT and media companies
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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HealthIT
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Stress and stress-related issues present increasing problems for individuals, companies, and society in general. Despite significant efforts, there are still no all-encompassing instruments to monitor individual daily stress, allowing application of preventive measures before the stress causes 'burn-out' and long-term sick leaves. Stress-related ill health has increased considerably during the past decades.
The aim of the study was to assess possible effects on mental and physical well-being, health economy and stress-related biological markers of a web-based stress management and health promotion tool.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Sweden
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Stress management
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Working employees at the enrolling departments of four information technology (IT) and two media companies.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not working in the enrolling departments of the specific companies.
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Anticipated start date
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01/03/2002
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Anticipated end date
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01/03/2003
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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317
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Interventions
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Half of the participants were offered web-based health promotion and stress management training (intervention) lasting for 6 months, with a long-term post-intervention follow-up 6 months after the end of the study. All other participants constituted the reference group.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Self-ratings of stress and wellbeing at work and leisure time and sampling of biological/physiological markers.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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This study has been made possible by funding from the insurance company Alecta.
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Mr
Dan
Hasson
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Address
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Uppsala University
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
Section for Social Medicine/CEOS
Uppsala Science Park
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City/town
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Uppsala
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Zip/Postcode
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SE-75185
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Country
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Sweden
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Email
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dan.hasson@pubcare.uu.se
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Sponsor
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Uppsala University (Sweden)
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Address
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Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
Section for Social Medicine/CEOS
Uppsala Science Park
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City/town
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Uppsala
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Zip/Postcode
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SE-75185
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Country
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Sweden
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Date applied
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21/07/2005
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Last edited
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04/10/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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22/07/2005
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