Mental Health Status and Related Factors Among Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians in the Covid-19 Pandemic

• Conditions: Insomnia; Anxiety; Depression; Coronavirus; Covid19

• Registration Number: NCT04500652
• Lead Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University

Brief Summary

In December 2019, a highly infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China. On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Facing this critical situation, health care workers on the front line are at risk of developing psychological distress and other mental health symptoms. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM\&R) physicians works both in specialty outpateint/inpatient clinic and pandemic outpatient/inpatient clinics during the outbreak. Accordingly, PM\&R physicians are expected to be mentally affected by COVID-19 pandemic. In this study we aimed to evaluate mental health status of PM\&R physicians and related factors during COVID-19 pandemic. This study is a cross-sectional survey which is conducted on an online platform. Demographic data, working conditions of PM\&R physicians and factors that may be related to mental health status is questioned in the survey. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21) is used to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is used to assess the severity of both nighttime and daytime components of insomnia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-27
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-24
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-05
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-30
• Study Completion: 2020-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 310

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician
• Worked during COVID-19 pandemic in specialty outpatient/inpatient clinic or pandemic outpatient/inpatient clinic.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being a specialist in a branch other than physical medicine and rehabilitation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales 21 Score	5 months	The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) is a set of three self-report scales designed to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
Insomnia severity index score	5 months	The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is a brief instrument that was designed to assess the severity of both nighttime and daytime components of insomnia.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dokuz Eylul University; 🇹🇷 Izmir, Turkey