Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effects of E-mental Health Program and Job Coaching on the Risk of Major Depression in Canadian Working Men
The Effects of E-mental Health Program and Job Coaching on the Risk of Major Depression and Productivity in Canadian Male Workers
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
There is a pressing need for innovation in prevention of major depression in male workers. Major depression (MDE) affects workers' health and productivity. In the United States, workers with depression cost an estimated US $44.01 billion per year in lost productivity. One of the severe consequences of having MDE is potential suicide and Canadian national data showed that 76% of all suicides in 2009 were male. In the workplace, risk factors for having MDE differ for men and women. For instance, job strain, family to work conflict and job insecurity seem to be more prominent MDE risk factors in men than in women. Compounding men's risk, men are less likely than women to seek help and to disclose depressive symptoms and often delay help seeking until symptoms become severe. Men are socialized to be emotionally stoic and exemplify traditional masculine characteristics such as independence, self-reliance and dominance. Men are concerned over the perceived negative judgments from family and friends if they access treatment for depression. These gender specific experiences along with a limited knowledge base about effective interventions call for innovative solutions tailored for men. The proposed study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an e-mental health program on reducing the risk of major depression in Canadian working men.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Men | Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-mental health program | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| e-mental health program and job coaching | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| No intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control
- description
- This group will receive generic information about depression and serve as control
- interventionNames
- Other: No intervention
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- e-mental health program
- description
- This group will receive the developed e-mental health program
- interventionNames
- Other: e-mental health program
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- e-mental health program and job coaching
- description
- This group will receive the developed e-mental health program plus interactive job coaching through telephone.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * At the time of recruitment, working for pay * At the time of recruitment and baseline assessment, have a high risk of having major depressive episode (MDE) based on our prediction algorithm. For the proposed study, 6.51+% will be defined as high risk for men * May have MDE in the past 12 months, but in remission for at least 2 months prior to the study * Have no language barriers to English or French * Have access to the internet * Provide email and mailing address Exclusion Criteria: \-
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDWang J, Patten SB, Lam RW, Attridge M, Ho K, Schmitz N, Marchand A, Lashewicz BM. The Effects of an E-Mental Health Program and Job Coaching on the Risk of Major Depression and Productivity in Canadian Male Workers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Nov 15;5(4):e218. doi: 10.2196/resprot.6350. PMID 27847352