A study on the evaluation of mental health reduction programs

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24390130
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: HAGIHARA Akihito 九州大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50291521)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SHIBUTA Hidetoshi 近畿大学九州短期大学, 生活福祉情報科, 准教授 (30342380) ; ABE Takeru 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 助教 (80621375)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: メンタルヘルス / 事業 / 評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Multi-attribute utility technology (MAUT) was used to design a work-site stress-control program. The sample consisted of public workers in A City in Japan, and white-collar workers at a manufacturing company in Kumamoto city in Japan. After conducting an interview with stakeholders in the work-site stress-control programs at the 2 sites, several mental stress reduction programs at the 2 sites were evaluated numerically. As for pre-intervention evaluation, the results showed that the self-care strategy received the highest score for overall utility (i.e., 96.2), and the overall-utility score for the remaining two strategies was approximately 70. As for post-intervention evaluation, the results showed that the seminars received the highest score for overall utility (i.e., 75.16). A validation analysis shows the validity of MAUT as a measure for a program evaluation.

Free Research Field

医療社会学