SEEGEN

Sub-project 1.D: Reconciling work and family life in hospitals

Compatibility of work and family, participative approach, relationship prevention, behavioural prevention, complex intervention, prevention, work-life balance, stress, subjective well-being, occupational health management, quality of life, employee health, stress management training

Dr Eva Rothermund, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ulm University Hospital (project leader TP 1.D)

Prof. Dr phil. Ute Ziegenhain, Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy at Ulm University Hospital (Project Manager TP 1.D)

Prof. Dr Harald Gündel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ulm University Hospital (overall project manager and project leader of SP 1.D and SP 2)

The joint project SEEGEN - Mental Health in the Hospital Workplace is an association of various project and practice partners and is divided into the following sub-projects:

SP 1.A Sensitisation of senior managers for occupational health management in the hospital:

PD Dr phil. Andreas Müller, Faculty of Education, Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen

Prof. Dr Peter Angerer, Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf University Hospital

Practice partner: Helios Clinics North Rhine-Westphalia

TP 1.B Dilemma competence training for managers:

Prof. Dr rer. soc. Jochen Schweitzer-Rothers, Institute for Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital

Dr Julika Zwack, Institute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital;

Ulrike Bossmann, Institute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital

Practice partner: GRN Rhine-Neckar Health Centres

TP 1. C Health-related leadership skills:

Prof. Dr Stephan Zipfel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen;

Dr Florian Junne, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen;

Prof. Dr Monika Rieger, Institute for Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen

Practice partner: Tübingen University Hospital

SP 1 D Reconciling work and family life in hospital:

Prof. Dr Harald Gündel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital;

Dr Eva Rothermund, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital;

Prof. Dr phil. Ute Ziegenhain, Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital;

Dr biol. hum. Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Department of Medical Psychology, Ulm University Hospital

Practice partner: Clinics Ostalb

TP 1 E Healthy ageing in the nursing profession (GAP):

Dr Imad Maatouk, Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Heidelberg University Hospital

Practice partner: Heidelberg University Hospital

SP 2 Complex intervention:

Prof. Dr Harald Gündel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital;

PD Dr phil. Bernd Puschner, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University Hospital;

Prof. Dr sc. hum. Meinhard Kieser, Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg University Hospital;

Dr Karl Blum, Research Division, German Hospital Institute e.V.

SP 3 Business management and organisational science support:

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Stefan Süß, Chair of Business Administration, in particular Organisation and Human Resources, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf;

Dr. rer. soc. Sascha Ruhle, Chair of Business Administration, in particular Organisation and Human Resources, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

09/2017 - 8/2021

Healthcare workers are exposed to increased work-related stress and work in a "high-risk area" in terms of jeopardising their health (Bertelsmann Foundation, 2004; Agerbo 2007). Demographic change, a shortage of skilled labour and limited hospital funding exacerbate this problem (Müller, 2009). Health risks for employees can be reduced by means of systematic occupational health management, which combines behavioural and situational preventive elements. However, this is lacking in most German hospitals. The overarching aim of this joint project is to develop a complex intervention as a contribution to occupational health management, which includes both qualification and organisational development measures.

In this context, sub-project TP 1.D deals with the prevention of stress-associated health problems in the context of work-life balance in hospitals and addresses employees in the family phase as a target group. The aim is to develop, pilot and evaluate an intervention, known as the "work-life balance toolbox", which combines behavioural and behavioural prevention instruments for those affected.

The joint project is divided into two phases. In phase I (2017 - 2019), five intervention modules will be developed in the individual sub-projects (TP 1. A - E see above) and evaluated differently depending on the format and study situation, and strategies for their implementation will be tested at the individual practice locations. In phase 2 (2019 - 2021), the participatory implementation of the modules developed in the subprojects into a complex intervention will take place at three clinic sites, the effectiveness of which will be evaluated in a cluster-randomised study (SP 2 and SP 3).

As part of phase I, sub-project SP 1.D involves the development, piloting and evaluation of the intervention in a mixed-method design using qualitative and quantitative methods at the Ostalb Clinics practice location. Following a needs analysis using qualitative individual interviews with those affected, the individual intervention modules are developed based on the model of Campbell et al (2000). The intervention is evaluated in a cross-over design with a waiting-control group and on predefined target variables in terms of results and processes. The results will be incorporated into phase II of the joint project.

Manuela Gulde, M.A., Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy

University Hospital Ulm, Steinhövelstr. 5, 89075 Ulm, e-mail: manuela.gulde@uniklinik-ulm.de

Nadine Mulfinger, M.A., Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy

Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, e-mail: nadine.mulfinger@uni-ulm.de