The EMPOWER Occupational e-Mental Health Intervention Implementation Checklist to Foster e-Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace : Development Study

©Alberto Raggi, Renaldo M Bernard, Claudia Toppo, Carla Sabariego, Luis Salvador Carulla, Sue Lukersmith, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Dorota Merecz-Kot, Beatriz Olaya, Rodrigo Antunes Lima, Desirée Gutiérrez-Marín, Ellen Vorstenbosch, Chiara Curatoli, Martina Cacciatore. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 15.03.2024..

BACKGROUND: Occupational e-mental health (OeMH) interventions significantly reduce the burden of mental health conditions. The successful implementation of OeMH interventions is influenced by many implementation strategies, barriers, and facilitators across contexts, which, however, are not systematically tracked. One of the reasons is that international consensus on documenting and reporting the implementation of OeMH interventions is lacking. There is a need for practical guidance on the key factors influencing the implementation of interventions that organizations should consider. Stakeholder consultations secure a valuable source of information about these key strategies, barriers, and facilitators that are relevant to successful implementation of OeMH interventions.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop a brief checklist to guide the implementation of OeMH interventions.

METHODS: Based on the results of a recently published systematic review, we drafted a comprehensive checklist with a wide set of strategies, barriers, and facilitators that were identified as relevant for the implementation of OeMH interventions. We then used a 2-stage stakeholder consultation process to refine the draft checklist to a brief and practical checklist comprising key implementation factors. In the first stage, stakeholders evaluated the relevance and feasibility of items on the draft checklist using a web-based survey. The list of items comprised 12 facilitators presented as statements addressing "elements that positively affect implementation" and 17 barriers presented as statements addressing "concerns toward implementation." If a strategy was deemed relevant, respondents were asked to rate it using a 4-point Likert scale ranging from "very difficult to implement" to "very easy to implement." In the second stage, stakeholders were interviewed to elaborate on the most relevant barriers and facilitators shortlisted from the first stage. The interview mostly focused on the relevance and priority of strategies and factors affecting OeMH intervention implementation. In the interview, the stakeholders' responses to the open survey's questions were further explored. The final checklist included strategies ranked as relevant and feasible and the most relevant facilitators and barriers, which were endorsed during either the survey or the interviews.

RESULTS: In total, 26 stakeholders completed the web-based survey (response rate=24.8%) and 4 stakeholders participated in individual interviews. The OeMH intervention implementation checklist comprised 28 items, including 9 (32.1%) strategies, 8 (28.6%) barriers, and 11 (39.3%) facilitators. There was widespread agreement between findings from the survey and interviews, the most outstanding exception being the idea of proposing OeMH interventions as benefits for employees.

CONCLUSIONS: Through our 2-stage stakeholder consultation, we developed a brief checklist that provides organizations with a guide for the implementation of OeMH interventions. Future research should empirically validate the effectiveness and usefulness of the checklist.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical Internet research - 26(2024) vom: 15. März, Seite e48504

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Raggi, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Bernard, Renaldo M [VerfasserIn]
Toppo, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Sabariego, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Salvador Carulla, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Lukersmith, Sue [VerfasserIn]
Hakkaart-van Roijen, Leona [VerfasserIn]
Merecz-Kot, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Olaya, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Antunes Lima, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez-Marín, Desirée [VerfasserIn]
Vorstenbosch, Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Curatoli, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Cacciatore, Martina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Barrier
Checklist
Consultation
Digital health
E–mental health
EHealth
Implementation
Intervention
Journal Article
MHealth
Mental health
Mobile health
Occupational
Stakeholder consultation
Stakeholders
Well-being
Workplace

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2196/48504

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369785320