Centre For Clinical Research And Biostatistics (CCRB)

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1 Unique Trial Number (assigned by CCRB)

CUHK_CCT00396

2 Trial Registration Date

2014-02-13

i Registration Status

Prospective

3 Secondary IDs

05120045

4 Source(s) of Funding

Health Care and Promotion Fund

5 Primary Sponsor

The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK

6 Secondary Sponsor

N/A

Function

Please specify

7 Responsible Contact Person (public contact person for patients interested in participating)

i Name

Tang Sze Hang

ii Address

Room 426, 4/F, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T

iii Phone

22528742

iv Email

best_szehang@cuhk.edu.hk

v Affiliation

CUHK

vi Country

8 Research Contact Person (person to contact for scientific inquiries)

i Name

Su LIU

ii Address

Room 503, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T

iii Phone

22528448

iv Email

sliu@cuhk.edu.hk

v Affiliation

CUHK

vi Country

9 Official Scientific Title of the Study

Happy@Work: An Innovative Web-based Program to Promote Positive Mental Well-being among Working Population

10 Public Title

Happy@Work

i Public Title in Chinese 研究名稱

快樂工作－網上正向心理學課程

11 Short Title (Optional)

Happy@Work

12 Countries of Recruitment

Hong Kong

13 Research Ethic Review

i Has the study received appropriate ethics approval?

Yes

ii When is the approval date?

2014-01-25

iii Full Name of IRB/IEC

Please specify

iv IRB/IEC approval reference number

14 Medical Condition Being Studied

Mental-well being

15 Intervention

i Types of intervention

Behavior

Please specify

ii Description/ name of Intervention/article

Training on psychological capital : Hope, Confidence, Optimism, Resilience

iii Dosage form of the intervention

iv Dosage of the intervention

v Duration of the intervention

1 month, 4 training sessions, 1 per week

vi Frequency of the intervention

16 Comparative Treatments

i Description/ name of comparative treatments

HOPE
Goal setting (i.e. 1. Choosing of a personal goal; 2. creating sub-goals; 3. pathways generation ; 4. obstacle planning)

EFFICACY
Expressive writing (i.e. adapted from existing guideline, basically requires individuals to write about their personal feelings on their own work; past mastery experiences on work-related issues; vicarious learning experiences; as well as the verbal persuasion experiences)

OPTIMISM*
Learned optimism (i.e. ABCDE model)

RESILIENCE
Risk management & Resource leverage practice (i.e. evaluating the risk for an adversity; practicing using different perspective to view it; planning strategies to control it; figuring out resources available and methods of getting more helpful resources; utilizing the resources to deal with the adversity)

ii Dosage form of the comparative treatments

iii Dosage of the comparative treatments

iv Duration of the comparative treatments

v Frequency of the comparative treatments

17 Key Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

i Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria include (1) above 18 years old, (2) have a full-time job for at least 1 month, (3) have access to internet and (4) could understand Cantonese.

ii Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria include (1) severe and extremely severe score of depression based on CESD cut-off point, (2) don't receive any monthly salary from current job, (3) currently receiving professional mental health services, and (4) currently taking psychotropic medication.

iii Age Minimum

18

iv Age Maximum

N/A

v Gender

Both Male and Female

18 Study Type

Interventional

19 Study Design

i Randomization

Randomized

Please specify

ii Nature of control

Not Applicable

iii Degree of masking

Open label

If Single-blind, who will be masked?

iv Group Assignment

Parallel

v Study Phase

Please specify

vi Study Objectives (Optional)

20 Anticipated trial start date

2014-02-28

21 Target Sample Size

705

22 Recruitment Status

Unknown

23 Primary Outcome

At 1 month, 2 months, and 4 months: Psychological Capital
(Psychological Capital Questionnaire)
Mental well-being (Warrick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale)
Satisfaction with life (Satisfaction with Life Scale)
Level of depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale)

24 Secondary Outcome

At 1 month, 2 months, and 4 months: Work Engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Scale)
Health and Performance at Work (Health and Performance at Work Questionnaire)
Medical Spending
Satisfaction about the program

25 Study Information/Publication

i Study Information/Publication Available?

No

ii Link to Study Information/Publication

26 Last Update Date

2015-10-29

27 Primary Registry and Trial Identifying Number

ChiCTR-TRC-14004268

28 Date of Registration in Primary Registry

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