Anxiety and Burnout in Anesthetists and Intensive Care Unit Nurses During Covid-19 Pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: Burnout; Sars-CoV2; Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT04604119
• Lead Sponsor: Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim is to measure anxiety level and burnout frequency of healthcare workers including attending physicians, residents and nurses working at intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic.

The study protocol had consisted of three parts. The first part was related to demographic details including age, sex, marital status, working position, past medical history.

The second part of the survey was validated Turkish form of Beck anxiety inventory (BAI) It has 21 questions. Every question is a somatic symptom of anxiety. Participants scored them regarding how this symptom bothered them past week. Items have four possible answers: not at all (0 point), mildly (1 point), moderate (2 point), severe (3 point). Total anxiety score can be between 0 and 63. Participants were categorized as no or mild anxiety if the total beck anxiety score was between 0-16, and moderate to severe anxiety if it was more than 16 The last part of the survey was validated Turkish form of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to evaluate components of BOS

Detailed Description

Our institution's ICU has served 31 beds for COVID-19 and 21 beds for other patients during pandemic with 27 attending physicians and 35 residents. Number of night shifts for attending physicians and residents were 3 and 8 per month, respectively. The aim of the study was to evaluate the by measuring anxiety level and burnout frequency of HCWs including attending physicians, residents and nurses in our institution's ICU.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-30
• Study Completion: 2020-06-01
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

Healthcare workers in our institute's intensive care units

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	10-25 may	Measured by Beck anxiety inventory. Total anxiety score can be between 0 and 63. Participants were categorized as no or mild anxiety if the total beck anxiety score was between 0-16, and moderate to severe anxiety if it was more than 16

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burnout	10-25 may	Measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory. MBI has 7-point 22 Likerd type questions and subdivided into three parts to measure emotional exhaustion (EE) (9 items), depersonalization (DP) (5 items), personal accomplishment (PA) (8 items). High scores on EE and DP subscales and low score on PA subscale imply higher level of burnout

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Training Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey