Psychological and Ethical Support for Hospital Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Suitability and Post-crisis Implications for the Experience of All Professionals

Completed

• Conditions: Psychological Stress
• Interventions: Other: online questionnaire; Other: questionnaire survey

• Registration Number: NCT04944394
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Brief Summary

SARS-COV-2 has created an unprecedented health crisis, resulting in unprecedented mobilization of all hospital professionals. The massive influx of patients overwhelmed the human, therapeutic and material resources available, and teams were confronted with an unusually heavy workload in a highly stressful emergency context. These professionals were thus exposed to a risk of over-investment in a context of acute and repetitive stress over an indefinite period of time, combining a heavy workload, emotional challenges and specific ethical issues. These factors simultaneously affected the professional sphere but also the personal and family spheres (lockdown, risk of contamination). In this context, the mental health of hospital staff is considered to be more important than ever, as emphasized on numerous occasions by the Director General of Health and the French Minister for Health and Solidarity. Mental health involves the way in which individuals respond specifically to work-related suffering by developing individual and collective defensive strategies. Thus, the question of the mental health of hospital professionals cannot be considered without taking into account the strategies implmented to combat stress, and the factors that contribute or not to the construction and stabilization of the work environment (collaboration, support).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-22
• Study Completion: 2020-09-22
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-28
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-29
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4522

Inclusion Criteria

All professionals working in hospitals Professionals involved in the organization of psychological and ethical support may also be interviewed to provide the information necessary to describe and evaluate the support provided and how it changed over time.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
hospital professionals	questionnaire survey	all professionals working in hospitals in France
hospital professionals	online questionnaire	all professionals working in hospitals in France

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Score assessed by Global Health Questionnaire GHQ-12	at baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chu Dijon Bourogne; 🇫🇷 Dijon, France