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Distress and resilience of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Individual resilience and work sense of coherence and the development of mental symptoms during a pandemic scenario
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN13694948
Lead Sponsor
niversity Hospital of Bern
Brief Summary

2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32737101/ protocol (added 04/08/2020) 2022 Preprint results in https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.900303/abstract psychological health results (added 21/06/2022) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35627590/ Work-related sense of coherence results (added 21/06/2022) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35846720/ (added 19/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
520
Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthcare professionals
2. >18 years of age
3. Willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
COVID-19 Anxiety (adapted SARS-Anxiety-Scale) at 3 time periods of 2 weeks over 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
At 3 time periods of 2 weeks over 6 months:<br>1. Contamination anxiety (PVS) <br>2. Anxiety to get infected at work measured with a single generated Item («I am afraid I will become infected with COVID-19 while on the job») on a visual analog scale from «0 = Not at all» to «10 = Extremely»<br>3. Depression (PHQ-9)<br>4. Traumatic Stress (IES-6)<br>5. Work Coherence (Work-SoC)<br><br>Qualitative measures:<br>6. Influence of resilience and work sense of coherence on the development of anxiety, depression and trauma stress disorder in frontliners during pandemic outbreak measured using structured interview.
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