essons and needs arising from experienced moral stress and moral dilemmas at the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: COVID-19; moral stress

• Registration Number: NL-OMON26256
• Lead Sponsor: Amsterdam UMC - Location AMC

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

All employees of medical disciplines including senior house officers, specialist registrars and medical specialists, nurses (in training) and nurse anesthesists (in training) who worked in the Intensive Care departments of the Amsterdam UMC - Location AMC at the time of the start of the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

Exclusion Criteria

Unwillingness to fill in the anonymous questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The extensive mapping of the moral dilemmas and moral issues that employees at the Intensive Care of the Amsterdam UMC - Location AMC had to deal with during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.What is the mental strain and moral stress experienced between March-May 2020? <br>2.What moral questions and dilemmas were there? Which values were central and which values were under pressure?<br>3.What was learned in dealing with moral stress and moral issues?<br>a.What (didn't) help(ed) in dealing with moral stress and moral dilemmas?<br>b.What needs did one have when dealing with moral dilemmas and moral stress? <br>4.Are there differences with regard to these questions between professional groups (e.g. nurses, nurses in training, senior house officers, specialist registrars and medical specialists)?