Effects of a smartphone-based positive diary application for enhancing work engagement (WEDialy): A Randomized Controlled Trial

UMIN ID: UMIN000038430

Registered date:29/10/2019

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up continuing
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Working persons
• Date of first enrollment: 2019/11/06
• Target sample size: 600
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Participants are required to record daily self-monitoring of their achievements at work for two weeks. Participants who were assigned to intervention group will take the program that aim at enhancing work engagement. Participants are requested to record the daily reflection for two weeks.
Participants who were assigned to wait list control group will spend usual days during intervention period. They take the same program as those in the intervention group after intervention period.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Work engagement
• Secondary Outcome: 1) Quantitative job overload 2) Job control 3) Meaningfulness of work 4) Vigor 5) Anger-irritability 6) Fatigue 7) Anxiety 8) Depression 9) Supervisor and coworker support 10) Job satisfaction 11) Creative behavior 12) In-role performance 13) Work performance 14) Self-esteem

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: 60years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1) Working persons with taking medication for physical and/or mental illness 2) Part-time working persons

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Productivity Center