Self-guided internet-based and mobile-based stress management for employees: Results of a randomised controlled trial

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 315-323

  Ebert, David Daniel ^a,b   Heber, Elena ^b   Berking, Matthias ^a   Riper, Heleen ^b,c,d,e   Cuijpers, Pim ^b,c,e   Funk, Burkhardt ^b   Lehr, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRESENTEEISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL DETACHMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF GUIDED INTERNET BASED STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORRYING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TELEMEDICINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CELL PHONES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959441531     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103269     Document Type: Article

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