A stress and healthy-habits course didn't make meal and sleep times more regular
Who it’s about: Adults, Workers
- No difference
An eight-week group course on stress and healthy habits didn't make meal and sleep times more regular than waiting.
- Action: Learn how the problem workstested
- Action: Do a relaxation exercisetested
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
- Rule: In weekly sessionsused
Small randomised trial of 38 office workers in Greece · vs people on a waiting list who heard one talk · they rated themselves · ⚠ many people dropped out; numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
38 office workers at one company in Athens, Greece (21 men and 17 women). 20 took the course and 18 waited; the course group was younger, about 43 on average against 51.
What they did
The course group met once a week for 8 weeks, for about an hour each time. They learned about stress and healthy habits and practised ways to relax and to challenge unhelpful thoughts. They also kept weekly diaries and had a group chat and outdoor outings. The waiting group went only to the first talk.
What happened
After 8 weeks the two groups rated how regular their meal and sleep times were about the same. The course group rated themselves as more regular than at the start, but that is not a comparison with the other group. Only 8 of the 18 people in the waiting group fully took part. The results tables were missing from the copy of the paper we read.
Source
A Stress Management and Health Coaching Intervention to Empower Office Employees to Better Control Daily Stressors and Adopt Healthy Routines (2025)
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22040548 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
Action4
Learn how the problem worksPsychoeducation about procrastination, habits, sleep, routines or ADHD.
