Workplace Intervention for Sustainable Health and Employment Support: A randomised controlled trial of a co-produced job crafting intervention to improve work ability, wellbeing and employment outcomes among UK workers
Work ability, wellbeing and employment outcomes
SUMMARY OF STUDY DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY The evaluation will use a mixed methods design comprising a randomised controlled trial, a quantitative analysis of business as usual, a process evaluation and an economic evaluation. RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL (RCT) Consenting individuals will be randomly allocated to either an intervention group (workshops and support) or a control group (receiving an information job-crafting leaflet). Randomisation will be conducted within employer. For each employer, once a pool of eligible participants is identified, individuals will be randomised in a single batch. Randomisation will be conducted separately per employer on a file containing two variables: an anonymised individual identifier and a dummy variable indicating whether the individual self-identifies as having a disability (measured on the baseline survey pre-randomisation accordingly to the Equality Act definition of disability). The list of participants will be sorted by the disability indicator and, within that, by a randomly generated number. The first individual in the sorted list will be assigned to either treatment or control on the basis of whether a uniformly-distributed random number between 0-1 is greater than 0.5. Allocations will then be conducted for the rest of the list, with the allocation outcome being the opposite of the allocation outcome for the preceding individual in the list in each case. Doing this achieves a randomisation of half the list to the treatment group, stratified by whether the individual has a disability. Randomisation will use the Stata statistical software and will be conducted by a member of the research team not involved in participant recruitment. Data will be collected on both groups from Qualtrix surveys administered at baseline and at three points post-randomisation: 10 weeks, 5 months, 8 months. The evaluation will use these data to reach assessments of the impacts, benefits and costs of the trial. An RCT method was select
1. Currently be in paid employment or self-employed 2. UK-resident 3. Would like to make their work more manageable, engaging and enjoyable through job crafting. 4. Be willing and able to provide informed consent 5. Be able to complete online surveys in English. Recruitment materials will indicate that the study is particularly interested in recruiting workers with disabilities, long-term health conditions and/or workplace support needs. Participating employers will be recruited prior to individual participant enrolment.
1. Are unable to provide informed consent 2. Are not currently employed or self-employed 3. Are unable to complete study procedures