Psychological Impact of COVID19 Among Doctors in Assiut University Hospitals

NCT ID: NCT04363229

Last Updated: 2020-07-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-31

Study Completion Date

2021-06-30

Brief Summary

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study aimed to investigate the psychological impact of corona virus among doctor in Assiut University Hospitals, mainly stress and burn out will be assessed

Detailed Description

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Prolonged exposure to stressful working environments resulting in a state of physical and emotional depletion and burnout. Nowadays, while facing corona virus, health care workers are on the front line and directly assist in diagnosis, caring and treatment of patients with COVID, thus keeping them at higher risk developing psychological distress and other mental health symptoms.

According to previous studies, during the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), frontline medical staff had reported high levels of stress that resulted in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

A lot of factors contribute to increase mental effect among healthcare workers as increasing the suspected cases and workload , depletion of personal protective equipment's , drug shortage and feeling inadequately supported .

In Toronto study(2008), four major risk factors for stress among medical staff during the SARS outbreak were identified; including the perception of the medical of their risk of infection, the impact of SARS on their work, feelings of depression, and working in high-risk medical units. moreover, there are other factors as social stigmatization and contact with infected patients, also has previously been shown to be associated with increased levels of stress and anxiety in medical staff .

Conditions

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Occupational Stress

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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maslach burnout inventory questionnair

The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is an introspective psychological inventory consisting of 22 items pertaining to occupational burnout

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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GHQ-12 questionnair

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all doctors currently working in assiut University hospitals

Exclusion Criteria

* no exclusion critiria
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mariam Roshdy Elkhayat

lecturer of public health

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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mariam elkhayat, MD

Role: CONTACT

00201003708261 ext. 00201003708261

shimaa abdelsameaa, MD

Role: CONTACT

01000525137

Related Links

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/32291383

Psychological Impact and Coping Strategies of Frontline Medical Staff in Hunan Between January and March 2020 During the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hubei, China

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32199182

The emotional impact of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (newCoronavirusdisease)

Other Identifiers

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pshycological impact COVID19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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