Corona And Manual Professions

Completed

• Conditions: Covid19

• Registration Number: NCT04834583
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

This observational study will follow the chiropractors and naprapaths in Sweden to study how work environment, health, and economy is changing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

All manual therapists that are members of a professional organization in Sweden will be invited to participate. The study started in November 2020 with follow-ups planned after 3,6 and 12 months.

All data-collection is taking place with digital questionnaires.

There are three main areas of interest:

1. Work environment (knowledge about viral contageon, protection, availability of protective measures, disturbances in care for patients)

2. Health (physical and psychological, how many caught the virus?)

3. Economy (income, costs, turnover)

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-31
• Study Completion: 2023-04-30
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 703

Inclusion Criteria

• Chiropractor or naprapath working in Sweden
• clinically active
• belonging to a professional organization

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Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological Health -sleep	12 months	Sleep will be assessed using Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire.
Work environment	12 months	Changes in routines according to the pandemic This includes systematic work environment routines, cleaning, wearing protective gear, not treating patients belonging to certain risk categories, changing appointment scheduling etc. There are no validated questionnaires to examine these concepts, as we have not experienced a pandemic in modern times, so the questions are constructed by the research group.
Psychological Health -depression	12 months	Depression assessed with DASS-21
Physical Health -Pain	12 months	Physical pain using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire
Economy	12 months	Changes in company turnover. For clinic owners, this measure is assessing income and cost, estimated by clinic owners, There are no validated questionnaires to examine these concepts, as we have not experienced a pandemic in modern times, so the questions are constructed by the research group.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karolinska Institutet; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden