Influence of the COvid-19 Epidemic on STRESS and Heart-Rate Variability in Health-care Workers

• Conditions: Stress; Heart Rate Variability, Biomarker of Stress; Burnout

• Registration Number: NCT04954105
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Brief Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic is an exceptional and particularly anxiety-provoking health situation. In particular, for healthcare professionals who come into contact with patients who are contaminated or suspected of contamination, such as emergency rooms. The management of these patients requires reinforced protective equipment. However, in the context of this pandemic, data is currently non-existent on the objective measurement of the stress of these professionals. Sinus variability of heart rate is a biomarker of stress measured with a simple heart rate monitor or a watch, completely painless, non-intrusive, and used by the general public routinely in many areas (monitoring sports sessions, etc.).

Detailed Description

This is an observational study. In the emergency room, each participant will wear a heart rate monitor and a consumer watch throughout the working day (there will be no measurement on duty at night, nor measurement at home). The days will be notified as being in the "COVID sector", "non-COVID sector" or "Trauma Room".

Each participant will complete a questionnaire comprising visual analog scales on the feeling (health concern, stress, fatigue, quality of sleep, anxiety, morale, burnout, decisional latitude, psychological demand, support, self-esteem), time of start and end of work, and socio-demographic data (sex, age, weight, height, smoking)

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-15
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Study First Submitted: 2021-07-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-08
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-01
• Study Completion: 2022-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Emergency health care worker

Exclusion Criteria

• refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Heart-Rate Variability (HRV)	up to day 1	HRV is a measure of the variation in time between each heartbeat. This variation is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. It works regardless of our desire and regulates, among other things, our heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and digestion. It will be assess by heart rate monitor

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress	hours 24 at day 1	Stress level will be assessed by questionnaire
Sociodemographic factors and lifestyle habits	day 1	Sociodemographic factors and lifestyle habits will be assessed by questionnaire
Perception of the epidemic	day 1	Perception of the epidemic will be assessed by questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU clermont-ferrand; 🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand, France