Perceived Stress Among ICU Medical Staff During COVID-19 Crisis

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-26

Study Completion Date

2020-09-01

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to compare psychological distress and needs of nurses in ICU before and during coronavirus pandemic.

Detailed Description

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Well-being of caregivers and stress management in intensive care units are essential keys to an adequate quality of care, especially during the anxious context of coronavirus pandemic. Taking care of numerous patients, the increasing work and mental charges, facing death, the need of material and changes in work organization are all elements that can influence stress among medical workers. Considering real causes of stress and what are the needs of the medical team is fundamental for developing concrete actions to ease the workloads. A few studies were conducted in China on psychological distress of medical staff during COVID-19. According to these few studies about psychological distress in ICU, investigators think that stress scores during COVID-19 could be increased among nurses during pandemic. The second hypothesis is that causes of stress would be not so different from normal care but could be amplified by the actual situation. One point to take into consideration is that most of the studies were conducted in China and medical policy and hospital organization are different in Belgium. The objective of the study is to compare psychological distress and needs of nurses in ICU before and during coronavirus pandemic.

Conditions

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Coronavirus Nurse's Role Professional Stress

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Daily routine, control group

ICU medical staff were asked about their stress and causes of stress during their daily professional life.

No interventions assigned to this group

During Covid-19

ICU medical staff were asked about their stress and causes of stress in their daily professional life during COVID-19 crisis.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults \> 18 years old
* working in ICU for at least November 2019
* working in ICU regularly since March 2020
* Medical and paramedical professionals
* Working in direct contact with COVID patients

Exclusion Criteria

* Medical professionals from others departments
* Internship students
* External volunteers for COVID
* Non front-line nurses

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

PhD, Head of the Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA Consciouness

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anne-Sophie Nyssen

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Université de Liège

Locations

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University of Liège

Liège, Province De Liège, Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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stressICUcovid

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id