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Article History

Received: 19 May 2020

Accepted: 4 June 2020

First Online: 9 June 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This trial has received ethical approval by Swansea University, 25/09/2019 Ref: 1521. Participants selected for the Prevail intervention programme will undertake this programme as part of their work duties mandated by the DVLA. Sickness absence data from Human Resources at the DVLA will be provided at a group level (Active intervention vs EAU Control) with no individuating information included, and so individual consent will not be required. Completion of the psychometric questionnaire data is voluntary, as participation in the attitudinal evaluation is not deemed part of employees’ work duties. Thus, written informed consent will be taken from all staff for completion of the psychometric measures by staff at the DVLA who will administer these questionnaires. Staff who do not wish to engage in the evaluation of Prevail can leave the information/evaluation sessions without the need to justify their decision. All data will be anonymous and will be analysed on a group basis, with no individual data being analysed or reported. Any sub-groups (e.g. by DVLA division, age, and mental health status) that fall under a group number of 10 will not be included in the evaluation in order to protect anonymity.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.