A Novel Stress and Coping Workplace Program Reduces Illness and Healthcare Utilization

Rahe, Richard H.; Taylor, C; Tolles, Robbyn L.; Newhall, Lynn M.; Veach, Tracy L.; Bryson, Susan W.

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“…two types of bibliotherapy versus waiting list), both comparisons were included separately, but sample sizes in the control group were halved to ensure that they were not double counted in the metaanalysis. One study reported analyses of a trial split by site (Rahe et al 2002), and these were treated as two separate comparisons. Two studies used factorial designs (Reid et al 2002;Little et al 2004), although in both cases only one of the factorial comparisons was related to the study question and included in the analyses.…”

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What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression

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What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression

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“…Both individualized and small-group intervention programs have been found effective in managing job-related stress (Eriksen et al 2002;Rahe et al 2002;Takada et al 2002;Shimazu et al 2003;Van Rhenen et al 2005). Although individualized programs meet the specific needs of individual employees, time (especially professional's time) and cost constraints may limit the feasibility of the delivery of individualized intervention programs to employees (McCraty et al 2003).…”

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Effects of a brief worksite stress management program on coping skills, psychological distress and physical complaints: a controlled trial

Shimazu

Umanodan

Schaufeli

2006

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…Stress management intervention studies in the workplace have increased during the past two decades [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] . It is often assumed that there are two basic approaches to interventions in the workplace 1,9,10) .…”

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Effects of Stress Management Program for Teachers in Japan: A Pilot Study

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Okada

Sakamoto

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Journal of Occupational Health

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in enhancing coping skills, increasing social support, and reducing stress responses. Stress management intervention studies in the workplace have increased during the past two decades [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] . It is often assumed that there are two basic approaches to interventions in the workplace 1,9,10) . One is an organization-oriented approach, which aims to identify and improve a stressful work environment, and the other is individual-oriented and aims to enhance the coping abilities of individual employees. The latter approach is of particular interest to occupational health psychologists, who regard employee stress responses as the results of coping with stressful work environments, and who frequently help employees cope more effectively 11) . Our study was conducted on the basis of the individualoriented approach.There are various kinds of intervention techniques in the individual-oriented approach. Cognitive-behavioral training, stress measurement and personalized feedback, meditation, relaxation training, and physical fitness training are all examples. Accumulated experiences from individual-oriented intervention showed that cognitivebehavioral training or a combination of cognitivebehavioral training with relaxation training was more effective than other techniques 11,12) . In accord with that evidence, our intervention program was planned combining the two techniques.All participants in this study were teachers, for whom job stress has become a problem of especially serious proportions because it affects on their psychological wellbeing and the future of the profession. In Japan, 0.24% of teachers were suspended from their jobs in 2000 because of a mental disorder; the highest rate for the last University Graduate School of Education-The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a stress management program for teachers on their stress responses, social support, and coping. Participants (n=24) were assigned to either an intervention or a waiting list control group. A five-session program, including psychoeducation, group discussion, roleplaying and relaxation training, was conducted for the intervention group at two week intervals. Eight participants from each of the groups responded to preand post-intervention questionnaire surveys. The positive intervention effect was significant for social support from co-workers (p=0.035), whereas the negative intervention effect was significant for proactive coping (p=0.033). No significant effect was observed for stress responses (vigor, anger, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and somatic stress responses) (p>0.05). The positive intervention effect was marginally significant for social support from co-workers (p=0.085) and anger (p=0.057) among those who at first had high stress response scores in the pre-intervention survey (n=5 and n=4 for the intervention and waiting list control groups, respectively). Furthermore, the positive intervention effect was significant for social support from co-workers (p=0.021) and marginally significant ...

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A Novel Stress and Coping Workplace Program Reduces Illness and Healthcare Utilization

Abstract: These results indicated that a work-site program that focuses on stress, anxiety, and coping measurement along with small-group educational intervention can significantly reduce illness and healthcare utilization.

Cited by 49 publications

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What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression

What makes self-help interventions effective in the management of depressive symptoms? Meta-analysis and meta-regression

Effects of a brief worksite stress management program on coping skills, psychological distress and physical complaints: a controlled trial

Effects of Stress Management Program for Teachers in Japan: A Pilot Study

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