The Psychological, Social, and Economic Impacts of COVID-19
- Conditions
- COVID-19Chronic DiseasePsychiatric DisorderCardiovascular Diseases
- Registration Number
- NCT04369690
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
- Brief Summary
A dynamic analytical tool is being implemented to monitor the health, psychosocial and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as the crisis unfolds. A longitudinal survey is distributed via a network of hospitals, provincial/national organizations and web platforms. The survey information can be linked to provincial health administrative data and metrics derived from social media activity based on artificial intelligence methods. Targeted questions are included for critical populations such as healthcare workers and people with chronic illnesses.
- Detailed Description
The current situation unfolding with regards to the COVID-19 virus is changing core aspects of people's lives in a unique manner. This study aims to examine the psychological, social, and financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at various stages of the outbreak.
Individuals 12 years and older are recruited from three main groups: general population, people with chronic illnesses and healthcare professionals.
An online survey is distributed via multiple hospitals, provincial/national organizations, and web-based platforms at various phases of the outbreak. The survey includes validated questionnaires and custom-made questions to asses the current situation. It notably addresses the following themes: demographics, COVID-19 symptoms and diagnoses, social distancing practices and social interactions, living situation, financial situation, family and work-related challenges, access to healthcare, as well as sleep, physical and mental health.
The survey is available in English and French. It is built on a decisional tree structure with customized subsets of questions based on previous answers.The survey contains an adolescent version and an adult version, and also includes targeted questions for individuals with a current diagnosis of a mental/medical illness. Consent is also sought to link data from parent-child dyads to enable finer analyses of family dynamics. Healthcare staff are invited to answer questions about work-related difficulties, usefulness of virtual tools for clinical practice, as well as moral distress and moral resilience in the context of clinical practice. Healthcare staff who are short on time can chose fill out an abbreviated version. Participants have the option of enabling linkage to linked to provincial health administrative data, and to provide their twitter and facebook handle for social media and mood monitoring through artificial intelligence algorithms. Participants have the option of being followed longitudinally during and after the outbreak.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
- All individuals who are at least 12 years of age
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mental health - Stress through study completion, estimated to 8 months Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (scores ranged from 0 to 40, higher scores indicating worse stress)
Mental health - Depression through study completion, estimated to 8 months Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-report, short version (scores ranged from 0 to 27, higher scores indicating worse depression)
Mental health - Anxiety through study completion, estimated to 8 months Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (scores ranged from 0 to 21, higher scores indicating worse anxiety)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adverse health long-term outcome 5 years before the outbreak and two years after Mortality (Yes/No): https://datadictionary.ices.on.ca/Applications/DataDictionary/Default.aspx
Health care utilization - Outpatient 5 years before the outbreak and two years after Outpatient visits: https://datadictionary.ices.on.ca/Applications/DataDictionary/Default.aspx
Moral resilience in healthcare workers through study completion, estimated to 8 months Rushton Moral Resilience Scale (scores ranged from 1 to 4, higher scores indicating more resiliency)
Health care utilization - ER 5 years before the outbreak and two years after Emergency Department visits (Total number): https://datadictionary.ices.on.ca/Applications/DataDictionary/Default.aspx
Sleep through study completion, estimated to 8 months Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (scores ranged from 0 to 21, higher scores indicating worse sleep disturbances)
Moral distress in healthcare workers through study completion, estimated to 8 months Measure of Moral Distress - Healthcare Professionals (scores ranged from 0 to 432, higher scores indicating worse moral distress)
Health care utilization - Inpatient 5 years before the outbreak and two years after Hospitalizations (total number): https://datadictionary.ices.on.ca/Applications/DataDictionary/Default.aspx
Social life through study completion, estimated to 8 months Frequency of interacting with other people (daily, weekly, monthly, less often than monthly)
COVID-9 symptoms through study completion, estimated to 8 months Fever, Cough, Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, Tiredness, Aches and pains, Nasal congestion, Runny nose, Sore throat, Diarrhea (Mild Moderate, Severe, N/A)
Trial Locations
- Locations (10)
Southlake Regional Health Centre
🇨🇦Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
McGill University
🇨🇦Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hôpital en santé mentale Rivière-des-Prairies (CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal)
🇨🇦Montréal, Quebec, Canada
University of Montréal
🇨🇦Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CHEO Research Institute
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada