Effectiveness of Digital and Analog Stress Management Interventions within Occupational Health Management in the Public Sector

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This article is complete and the research results have the value of occupational health management in the public sector. The following minor errors are suggested to be corrected.

1. The cited reference number 628 is wrong (P4, L182). Suggest to delete or correct.

2. Replace the "(b) ICJD  (c)and ISocJR" to"(b) ICJD and (c) ISocJR" (P6, L278). 

3. Face-to-face training is abbreviated as F2F (P12 Table 3 & P15 Table 5) or f2f (P17 Table 6), and it is recommended to modify it consistently.

4. Figure 1 (P11) and Figure 2 (P14) are not clear to read, and suggest to redraw.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

The quality of English language is good. Other review questions see in the attached file.

Author Response

Reviewer 1 

1. Summary

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. Please find the detailed responses below and the corresponding revisions highlighted in the re-submitted file. 

2. Questions for General Evaluation

#Overall Evaluation:
This article is complete and the research results have the value of occupational health management in the public sector. The following minor errors are suggested to be corrected.

##Response: Thank you for your positive feedback on our manuscript and the valuable comments, which we address below and, in some cases, illustrate the implementation with examples from the text.

3. Point-by-point response to Comments and Suggestions for Authors

#Comment 1 of the reviewer:
1. The cited reference number 628 is wrong (P4, L182). Suggest to delete or correct.
##Response: Agree. We have, accordingly, deleted the reference number 628 (P4, L182).

#Comment 2 of the reviewer:
2. Replace the "(b) ICJD (c)and ISocJR" to"(b) ICJD and (c) ISocJR" (P6, L278).
##Response: Thank you for pointing this out. We agree with this comment. Therefore, we have corrected the line to “(b) ICJD and (c) ISocJR" (P6, L278).

#Comment 3 of the reviewer:
3. Face-to-face training is abbreviated as F2F (P12 Table 3 & P15 Table 5) or f2f (P17 Table 6), and it is recommended to modify it consistently.
##Response: Thank you for this valuable comment. We modified Table 6 (P17) consistently with F2F.

#Comment 4 of the reviewer:
4. Figure 1 (P11) and Figure 2 (P14) are not clear to read, and suggest to redraw.
##Response: Thank you for pointing this out. We agree with this comment and have, accordingly, redrawn Figure 1 (P11) and Figure 2 (P14) in higher quality.

#Comment 5 of the reviewer:
The quality of English language is good.
##Response: Thank you for the positive feedback!

#Comment 6 of the reviewer:
Other review questions see in the attached file.
##Response: We agree with the additional review questions, that reviewer 1 commented in our original file, and corrected them as suggested. All revisions are marked in red as requested. The space between the numbers and percent has been removed for consistency reasons, e.g., from 61.5 % to 61.5% (P11, L437).

#Comment 7 of the reviewer:
Table 2 (P12) shows that the proportion of women in each group exceeds 55%. Please explain the possible impact in the article.
##Response: Thank you for the valuable comment. We have added another section in the Limitations (P22, L822-828) that discusses this: “Lastly, the largest proportions of participants were female (61.5%) which is in line with current statistics from the public health insurance providers on the uptake of stress prevention services in Germany, according to which 87% of participants were female in 2021 [132]. However, studies had also shown that women experience significantly more stress and that this pattern continued to emerge as a result of additional stress in the Covid 19 pandemic [133]. In this respect, women may benefit even more from such offers, especially since baseline stress also proved to be a significant predictor in this study.”

References:
132: Schempp, N., Kaun, L. & Medizinischer Dienst Bund (2022). Präventionsbericht 2022. Medizinischer Dienst Bund. https://www.gkv- spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__ber atung/praevention/praeventionsbericht/2022_GKV_MDS_Praeventionsbericht_barrierefrei.p df

133: Pieh, C., Budimir, S., & Probst, T. (2020). The effect of age, gender, income, work, and physical activity on mental health during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Austria. Journal of psychosomatic research, 136, 110186.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The article's intention is believed to be unique and logical.

The present study contributes to previous findings on the differential effectiveness and potential influencing factors stress management interventions on the workplace setting ad can be seen as a step toward better understanding of stress management interventions in the important context of public service.

Author Response

Reviewer 2:
#Overall Evaluation:
The article's intention is believed to be unique and logical. The present study contributes to previous findings on the differential effectiveness and potential influencing factors stress management interventions on the workplace setting ad can be seen as a step toward better understanding of stress management interventions in the important context of public service.

##Response: Thank you for the positive evaluation of our manuscript!