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Published in: BMC Psychiatry 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Study protocol

A protocol for the HeadCoach trial: the development and evaluation of an online mental health training program for workplace managers

Authors: Aimée Gayed, Bridget T. Bryan, Katherine Petrie, Mark Deady, Allison Milner, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Rafael A. Calvo, Andrew Mackinnon, Helen Christensen, Arnstein Mykletun, Nicholas Glozier, Samuel B. Harvey

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Within high income countries, mental health is now the leading cause of long term sickness absence in the workplace. Managers are in a position to make changes and decisions that have a positive effect on the wellbeing of staff, the recovery of employees with mental ill health, and potentially prevent future mental health problems. However, managers report addressing workplace mental health issues as challenging. The aim of the HeadCoach trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly developed online training intervention to determine whether it is able to build managers’ confidence to better support individuals within their teams who are experiencing mental ill health, and the confidence to promote manager behaviour likely to result in a more mentally healthy workplace.

Methods/Design

We will conduct a cluster randomised control trial (RCT) to evaluate the effect of HeadCoach, an online training intervention for managers with a focus on the mental health of their employees, compared to a waitlist control. The target sample is 168 managers, and their direct employees. Managers and employees will be assessed at baseline and at 4-month follow up. Managers will have an additional, intermediate assessment 6-weeks post-baseline. The primary outcome is change from baseline in managers’ self-reported confidence when dealing with mental health issues within their team and promoting a mentally healthy workplace. The difference between the intervention and waitlist control groups will be assessed using linear mixed effects repeated measures (MMRM) analysis of variance (ANOVA). Secondary managerial outcomes include mental health literacy, attitudes towards mental health issues in the workplace and managerial behaviour in dealing with mental health matters with their staff. Employee outcomes will be perceived level of manager support, engagement, psychological distress, and rates of sickness absence and presenteeism.

Discussion

To our knowledge this will be the first RCT of a purely online training intervention developed specifically for managers that promotes confidence to both support staff experiencing mental ill health and create a mentally healthy work environment. If successful, this intervention has the potential to provide an effective and efficient method of training managers in workplace mental health and to enhance employee wellbeing.

Trial Registration

Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12617000279​325
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Metadata
Title
A protocol for the HeadCoach trial: the development and evaluation of an online mental health training program for workplace managers
Authors
Aimée Gayed
Bridget T. Bryan
Katherine Petrie
Mark Deady
Allison Milner
Anthony D. LaMontagne
Rafael A. Calvo
Andrew Mackinnon
Helen Christensen
Arnstein Mykletun
Nicholas Glozier
Samuel B. Harvey
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1603-4

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