Could Mobile-based Interventions Aid To "Understand and Flatten the Curve" of Stress, Anxiety, Distress and Depression Among Healthcare Providers at Unity Health Toronto During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
- Enrollment
- 13
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Perceived Stress Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Stress, anxiety, distress and depression are exceptionally high among healthcare providers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowledge of factors underlying distress and resilience and evidence based interventions to impact the mental wellbeing of frontline healthcare providers is limited. This study will evaluate a novel mobile platform to gather the "distress experience" of healthcare workers at Unity Health Toronto in real time during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, use automated personalized mobile interventions (e.g. routine, sleep, exercise) to nudge active/passive parameters to manage distress.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
Masking Description
Participants will be issued a specific ID number to be used within the mobile app to ensure that any identifiable information within this app will remain anonymous. A master linking log will serve as the only link between participants and the study data collected in the mobile app.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Staff or healthcare providers working at Unity Health Toronto
- •18 years of age or older
- •Must own a mobile phone running Android Version 6.0 and higher, or an iPhone 6 running OS 14 and higher)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-Unity Health Toronto staff
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: At 4 weeks from baseline
The primary outcome measure will be the ten-item Perceived Stress Scale. Scores range from 0 to 40, and higher scores indicate more severe stress.
Secondary Outcomes
- Perceived Stress Scale(At 12 weeks from baseline)
- Active Data - Short UCLA Loneliness Scale(At 4 weeks from baseline)
- Passive Data - GPS Sample Point Metrics(At 4 weeks from baseline)
- Active Data - Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale(At 4 weeks from baseline)
- Active Data - Patient Health Questionnaire(At 4 weeks from baseline)