Nursing Perspective on Burnout and Medical Errors in the Intensive Care Unit of an Exclusively Covid-19 Hospital: the Malaysian Experience
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
- Enrollment
- 145
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Prevalence of depression among ICU nurses during Covid-19
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators plan to perform an observational study to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, depression and medical errors in a designated exclusive Covid-19 patients hospital in Malaysia, during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the relationship between burnout and depression with medical errors will be assessed. The population studied will be the nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit, who are at higher risk due to the nature of their work at the frontlines of the pandemic.
Detailed Description
During this unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic crisis in the whole world, Malaysia is also affected, with more than 5000 patients infected in the whole country as of 20th April, 2020. Many Intensive Care Unit nurses, who are at the frontlines of managing Covid-19 patients, face increased workload, in addition to psychological stress from managing these patients, with stress also coming from being exposed to the risk of cross infection. Hence, they are possibly at high risk of burnout and depression. In such a time of increased stress, the investigators also seek to find out the prevalence of medical errors made by Intensive Care Unit nurses during this pandemic, and whether the medical errors are associated with burnout. Factors associated with burnout, depression and medical errors will also be evaluated.
Investigators
Samuel E H Tsan, MD, BMedSc
Doctor
University of Malaya
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Prevalence of depression among ICU nurses during Covid-19
Time Frame: 2 months
Prevalence of depression risk
Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among ICU nurses during Covid-19
Time Frame: 2 months
Prevalence of self perceived medical errors
Prevalence of burnout among ICU nurses during Covid-19
Time Frame: 2 months
Prevalence of burnout risk
Association of burnout, depression and medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19
Time Frame: 2 months
To find out if there exists a relationship between burnout, depression and medical errors