The Pandemic Stress Vaccine: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Resource to Enhance the Resilience of Healthcare Workers Facing an Infectious Outbreak
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Terminated
- Sponsor
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
- Enrollment
- 118
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Absenteeism
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of an interactive, computerized learning resource designed to increase resilience in hospital-based health care workers preparing for an influenza pandemic. The effects of the learning resource will be compared to a non-interactive learning resource condition and a control condition. It is hypothesized that (a) online pandemic-related education reduces absenteeism and interpersonal problems for healthcare workers (HCWs), and improves their pandemic self-efficacy in the short and long-term, and (b) an interactive format for online education is necessary for its benefits.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •employee or professional staff of a hospital
Exclusion Criteria
- •unable to read and write English
Arms & Interventions
Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Interactive
Intervention: Interactive computerized learning resource (Behavioral)
Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Didactic
Intervention: Didactic computerized learning resource (Behavioral)
Wait list
Some participants are assigned to an eight week waiting condition prior to the course commencing.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Absenteeism
Time Frame: 32 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- Pandemic self-efficacy(32 weeks)
- Interpersonal problems(32 weeks)