The COVID-19 Emergency Response Assessment Study: a survey of the psychological health of frontline doctors in the UK and Ireland during the coronavirus pandemic
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Psychological distress and trauma in doctors treating patients with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection)Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10666798
- Lead Sponsor
- orth Bristol NHS Trust
- Brief Summary
2020 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32788191/ protocol (added 17/08/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 5440
Inclusion Criteria
Working as a doctor within an ED, ICU or Anaesthetics in the UK and Ireland at the time of the study commencement
Exclusion Criteria
1. Doctors whose main place of employment at the point of study commencement is not the ED, ICU or Anaesthetics.
2. Non-Doctors working in ED, ICU or Anaesthetics
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. The General Health Questionnaire-12 score from surveys administered at the acceleration, peak and declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic<br> 2. The Impact of Events Scale-Revised from surveys administered at the acceleration, peak and deceleration of the COVID-19 pandemic (phase 2 and 3 surveys)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Personal and professional factors contributing to psychological wellbeing assessed using a survey designed by the investigators at the acceleration, peak and deceleration phase of the pandemic<br> 2. The incidence of self-reported COVID-19 infection and self-isolation amongst frontline Doctors, and to evaluate any association with psychological wellbeing (using the above questionnaires)<br> 3. Regional and national variation of psychological distress and trauma in doctors within the UK and Republic of Ireland (using the above questionnaires)<br>