Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.
Warwick Medical School, Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
PLoS One. 2023 Sep 28;18(9):e0282848. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282848. eCollection 2023.
Many workplaces offer health and wellbeing initiatives to their staff as recommended by international and national health organisations. Despite their potential, the influence of these initiatives on health behaviour appears limited and evaluations of their effectiveness are rare. In this research, we propose evaluating the effectiveness of an established behaviour change intervention in a new workplace context. The intervention, 'mental contrasting plus implementation intentions', supports staff in achieving their health and wellbeing goals by encouraging them to compare the future with the present and to develop a plan for overcoming anticipated obstacles. We conducted a systematic review that identified only three trials of this intervention in workplaces and all of them were conducted within healthcare organisations. Our research will be the first to evaluate the effectiveness of mental contrasting outside a solely healthcare context. We propose including staff from 60 organisations, 30 in the intervention and 30 in a waitlisted control group. The findings will contribute to a better understanding of how to empower and support staff to improve their health and wellbeing. Trial registration: ISRCTN17828539.
许多工作场所按照国际和国家卫生组织的建议为员工提供健康和福利计划。尽管这些计划有潜力，但它们对健康行为的影响似乎有限，而且对其效果的评估也很少。在这项研究中，我们建议在新的工作场所环境中评估一种既定的行为改变干预措施的有效性。该干预措施“心理对比加实施意图”通过鼓励员工将未来与现在进行对比，并为克服预期障碍制定计划，来帮助员工实现他们的健康和福利目标。我们进行了一项系统评价，仅在工作场所发现了该干预措施的三项试验，而且都在医疗保健组织内进行。我们的研究将是首次在非医疗保健环境中评估心理对比的有效性。我们建议纳入来自 60 家组织的员工，其中 30 人在干预组，30 人在候补对照组。研究结果将有助于更好地理解如何赋予员工权力并支持他们改善健康和福利。试验注册：ISRCTN82764649。
