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NCT Number: NCT06354335

Impact of a Major Organizational Change on Employee Productivity and Mental Health

The study investigates the short- and long-term impact of a major organizational change on employee health and productivity. Changes in organizations is a common aspect of modern work life in all sectors and public healthcare is no exception. However, emerging evidence suggests that organizational changes may be a potential stressor which can impact on employee well-being and contribute to stress-related health problems. Using a large-scale natural experiment, the overall aim of the study is to investigate the impact of a major organizational change that took place during 2016-19 on employee health and productivity. In addition, we aim to identify groups that may be at increased risk of experiencing negative consequences of the reorganization. These at-risk groups can in turn be candidates for extended preventive measures when planning future major organizational changes.

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Conditions

Work Related Stress Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Mental Health Issue Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Stress, Psychological Work-related Illness

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark

About this study

The study relies solely on data from registries and the investigators have taken great care to ensure the validity of these data. Below the main principles and procedures applied are outlined. For the data delivered from the hospital Business Intelligence (BI) database the investigators performed interviews with representatives from each workplace. This was done to ensure that the information about when a workplace underwent the organizational change was accurate, but also what type of organizational change the workplace experienced, how the workplace was organized in terms of departments/wards, and the number of employees at the workplace.The validity of the data supplied by Statistics Denmark relies on the comprehensive procedures to ensure data integrity at Statistics Denmark. All datamanagement by the investigators has been performed in the Stata software package and all decisions are documented in program files (called "do-files" in Stata teminology) to ensure a complete revision trail from the delivered raw data to the dataset used for the final analyses. The investigators have performed extensive data checks, both by tabulations, codebooks, and visual inspection of the data. To ensure against data management errors done by a single investigator when writing the program/do-files, all coding performed in the datamanagement phase has been reviewed by at least one of the other researchers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All employees at the hospital during 2011-2020

Exclusion criteria

  • Employees who, after being informed of the study, opted out of participation (N=70)

Treatment and study plan

Employees exposed to a major hospital reorganisation

Other

Occupational exposure

Primary outcomes

  1. Employee health measured by rate of absenteeism, use of health care services and redeemed drug prescriptions

    Time frame: 4 years in which the outcomes are measured monthly and form a time-series of observations for 2 years before and after workplace reorganization

    Employee health will be assessed monthly as rate absenteeism from work, use of general and mental health care services, and redeemed psychotropic drug prescriptions. The data are derived from a combination of company records and registries provided by Statistics Denmark

Secondary outcomes

  1. Workplace productivity measured by number of patient contacts and medical procedures

    Time frame: 4 years in which the outcomes are measured monthly and form a time-series of observations for 2 years before and after workplace reorganization

    Workplace productivity is measured by the monthly number contacts and performed medical procedures. These are aggregated at the workplace level and derived from the Business Intelligence (BI) system of the hospital.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aarhus University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Bispebjerg Hospital
  • Herning Hospital
  • University of Aarhus

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of a Major Organizational Change on Employee Productivity and Mental Health - a Register-based Cohort Study of the Relocation of a Large Danish Hospital in 2016-2019

Acronym: PRO-MENTA

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2026
First posted
Apr 9, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 11, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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