N/A
Completed N=96
The Use of Mentoring to Promote Well-being for Female SMART Members
Harassment, Non-Sexual · Harassment, Sexual · Bullying, Workplace · Mental Stress
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04247880 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
96
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Sep 2025
Primary outcomePrimary: Stress — 17.6; 13.1 score on a scale
Summary
Women are highly underrepresented in the construction skilled trades. In addition to facing the industry's well-known physical risks, women are subjected to discrimination, harassment, and skills under-utilization. As a result, tradeswomen have increased risk for injury, stress-related health effects, and high attrition rates from apprenticeship programs, thus perpetuating their minority status. Mentoring is a well-established technique for learning technical and personal navigation skills in new or challenging social environments. The investigators propose development and dissemination of a mentorship program through local unions of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), and evaluating its success in reducing women's injury and work stress, while improving retention.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Stress |
17.6; 13.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Job Satisfaction |
2.9; 3.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Social Support |
4.4; 4.3 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- All mentors must be journey-level sheet metal workers that are members of the SMART (International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers) Union. All mentees and control apprentices must be apprentice-level sheet metal workers that are members of the SMART Union, and identify as woman.
Exclusion Criteria
- No exclusions will be made on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, age, disability or religion for mentors, mentees, and control apprentices. No exclusions will be made on the basis of gender for mentors. For mentees and control apprentices, those that do not identify as a woman will be excluded.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04247880). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.