Table 3 Study questionnaire modules, description of their content and their assessment schedule
Module | Description | BL | EOT | FU04 | FU10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background * | Nine items on the background of the participant, e.g. age, gender, education, and length of employment. | IGs, PC | |||
Working Conditions | Ten items on working conditions (developed at FIOH), e.g., number of hours, projects and places to work in a typical work week. | IGs | |||
Performance | Two items from the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire [39, 40]. | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC |
Brain Work Profile (BWP) | BWP questionnaire (developed at FIOH) addresses cognitive demands of work with 39 items in 13 categories. The categories include working amidst disruptions and interruptions, as well as linguistic, memory, and multitasking demands, among others. Each item is assessed for both the frequency and the level of strain vs. engagement. | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC |
Knowledge Work Cognitive Failure Scale (KWCFS) | Modified version of the Workplace Cognitive Failure Scale (WCFS, [49]), with some knowledge work specific items added, resulting in 18 items on cognitive failures in knowledge work, with five subscales: Memory, Attention, Multitasking, Instructions, and Interruptions. | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC |
Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II (COPSOQ-II) | Seven scales with 23 items [41, 42]: Quantitative demands, Cognitive demands, Work-family conflict, Family-work conflict, General health perception, Burnout, and Cognitive stress. | IGs, PC** | IGs, PC** | IGs, PC** | IGs, PC** |
Stress and Recovery | Two items assessed on a scale 0 (not problems at all) to 10 (severe problems) | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC |
Actions | Eighteen items that might affect workflow, such as decreasing the level of office noise or reducing the number of meetings, which were assessed to determine whether the action would improve or reduce workflow. | IGs | |||
Change | Six items assessed for the level of change, one for each treatment and active control intervention theme: Disruptions, Interruptions, Information Overload, Strain, Recovery, and Work/Life Balance. | IGs, PC | IGs, PC | IGs, PC |