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Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention

by
Ella Arensman
1,2,3,*,
Cliodhna O’Connor
2,
Caleb Leduc
1,2,
Eve Griffin
1,2,
Grace Cully
1,2,
Doireann Ní Dhálaigh
2,
Carolyn Holland
2,
Chantal Van Audenhove
4,5,
Evelien Coppens
4,
Fotini Tsantila
4,
Victoria Ross
3,
Birgit Aust
6,
Arlinda Cerga Pashoja
7,
Johanna Cresswell-Smith
8,
Laura Cox
9,
Lars de Winter
10,
Naim Fanaj
11,
Birgit A. Greiner
1,
Ulrich Hegerl
12,13,
Sharna Mathieu
3,
Ana Moreno-Alcázar
14,15,
Wendy Orchard
16,
Charlotte Paterson
17,
György Purebl
18,
Gentiana Qirjako
19,
Hanna Reich
20,21 and
Paul Corcoran
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School of Public Health, University College Cork, T12 CY82 Cork, Ireland
2
National Suicide Research Foundation, University College Cork, T12 XF62 Cork, Ireland
3
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4122, Australia
4
LUCAS, Centre for Care Research and Consultancy, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
5
Academic Center for General Practice, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
6
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
7
Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
8
The Equality Unit, Mental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
9
MATES in Construction, Level 1, 35 Astor Terrace, Spring Hill, QLD 4004, Australia
10
Phrenos Center of Expertise, 2016 Utrecht, The Netherlands
11
Mental Health Center Prizren, College of Medical Sciences Rezonanca, 1000 Prishtina, Kosovo
12
European Alliance against Depression e.V., 04109 Leipzig, Germany
13
Johann Christian Senckenberg Distinguished Professorship, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
14
Centre Fòrum Research Unit, Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
15
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
16
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), Washington, DC 20015, USA
17
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit (NMAHP-RU), University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
18
Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
19
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, AL1005 Tirana, Albania
20
German Depression Foundation, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
21
Depression Research Centre of the German Depression Foundation, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(2), 947; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020947
Submission received: 26 November 2021 / Revised: 21 December 2021 / Accepted: 10 January 2022 / Published: 15 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Development and Evaluation of Workplace Interventions)
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Abstract

Depression and anxiety are the most prevalent mental health difficulties in the EU, causing immense suffering and costing the global economy EUR 1 trillion each year in lost productivity. Employees in construction, health and information and communications technology have an elevated risk of mental health difficulties. Most mental health interventions for the workplace have been targeted at larger companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often overlooked despite most people being employed in SMEs. The MENTUPP intervention aims to improve mental health and wellbeing and reduce depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviour. The MENTUPP project involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of a multilevel intervention targeting both clinical and non-clinical mental health issues and combating the stigma of mental (ill-)health, with a specific focus on SMEs. The intervention is underpinned by a framework of how to create a mentally healthy workplace by employing an integrated approach and has been informed by several systematic reviews designed to understand organisational mental health interventions and a consultation survey with key experts in the area. The intervention is facilitated through the MENTUPP Hub, an online platform that presents interactive psychoeducational materials, toolkits, and links to additional resources in an accessible and user-friendly manner. This paper presents the pilot study protocol for delivering the MENTUPP intervention in eight European countries and Australia. Each intervention country will aim to recruit at least 23 participants in 1–3 SMEs in one of the three high-risk sectors. The central aim of the pilot study will be to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and uptake of the MENTUPP intervention across the target SMEs. The findings will contribute to devising the protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of the MENTUPP intervention. Findings from this study will also be used to inform the optimisation phase of the MENTUPP intervention which will aim to improve the materials and the implementation of the intervention as well as enhancing the evaluation strategy which will be employed for the cRCT.
Keywords: workplace-based health interventions; organisational interventions; workplace health promotion; process evaluation; mental health and well-being; occupational; depression; suicide; suicidal behaviour; self-harm workplace-based health interventions; organisational interventions; workplace health promotion; process evaluation; mental health and well-being; occupational; depression; suicide; suicidal behaviour; self-harm

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Arensman, E.; O’Connor, C.; Leduc, C.; Griffin, E.; Cully, G.; Ní Dhálaigh, D.; Holland, C.; Van Audenhove, C.; Coppens, E.; Tsantila, F.; et al. Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020947

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Arensman E, O’Connor C, Leduc C, Griffin E, Cully G, Ní Dhálaigh D, Holland C, Van Audenhove C, Coppens E, Tsantila F, et al. Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(2):947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020947

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Arensman, Ella, Cliodhna O’Connor, Caleb Leduc, Eve Griffin, Grace Cully, Doireann Ní Dhálaigh, Carolyn Holland, Chantal Van Audenhove, Evelien Coppens, Fotini Tsantila, and et al. 2022. "Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 2: 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020947

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Arensman, E., O’Connor, C., Leduc, C., Griffin, E., Cully, G., Ní Dhálaigh, D., Holland, C., Van Audenhove, C., Coppens, E., Tsantila, F., Ross, V., Aust, B., Pashoja, A. C., Cresswell-Smith, J., Cox, L., de Winter, L., Fanaj, N., Greiner, B. A., Hegerl, U., ... Corcoran, P. (2022). Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020947

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