Burnout and Medical Errors in the Anaesthesiology Fraternity During Covid-19 Pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: Burnout, Professional; Medical Errors; Covid-19; Depression
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Questionnaire forms

• Registration Number: NCT04362319
• Lead Sponsor: University of Malaya

Brief Summary

We 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. We also seek to assess the relationship between burnout and depression with medical errors. The population studied will be the anaesthesiology fraternity, who are at higher risk 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 anaesthesiology clinicians, 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, we also seek to find out the prevalence of medical errors by anaesthetic clinicians 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: 2020-04-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-23
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-24
• Study Start: 2020-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-31
• Study Completion: 2020-05-31
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Anaesthesiology clinicians	Questionnaire forms	Including Consultants, Specialists and Medical officers serving in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sungai Buloh Hospital; 🇲🇾 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia