Nursing Perspective on Burnout and Medical Errors in the Intensive Care Unit During Covid-19 Pandemic

Terminated

• Conditions: Depression; Medical Errors; Burnout, Professional
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT04371302
• Lead Sponsor: University of Malaya

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-29
• Study Start: 2020-05-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 145

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intensive Care Unit nurses	Questionnaire	Nurses working in the Intensive care Unit of an exclusive Covid-19 hospital in Malaysia, during the Covid-19 pandemic

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of depression among ICU nurses during Covid-19	2 months	Prevalence of depression risk
Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among ICU nurses during Covid-19	2 months	Prevalence of self perceived medical errors
Prevalence of burnout among ICU nurses during Covid-19	2 months	Prevalence of burnout risk
Association of burnout, depression and medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	2 months	To find out if there exists a relationship between burnout, depression and medical errors

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sungai Buloh Hospital; 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia