Psychological Issues Faced by Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a tertiary care hospital

Recruiting

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/08/044834

Brief Summary

COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with significant occupational stressors and challenges for front-line healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aims to study the prevalence of depression, anxiety and PTSD among HCWs and to assess factors contributing to psychiatric morbidity the during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital which has been turned into a COVID dedicated hospital. Findings from this study will help in implementing appropriate plans and policies that will help to mitigate the distress among health care workers so that we can have efficient frontline health workers to deal with the current pandemic.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Health care workers.

Exclusion Criteria

Health care workers not willing to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To study the prevalence of depression, anxiety and PTSD among health workers managing COVID-19	9 months, 1 year
patients in a tertiary care hospital.	9 months, 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To identify the predictors of psychiatric morbidity	9 months, 1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

GMERS Medical college and hospital, Gotri; 🇮🇳 Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

GMERS Medical college and hospital, Gotri

🇮🇳Vadodara, GUJARAT, India

Preet Patel

Principal investigator

9601060440

drpatelpreet@gmail.com