Psychosocial Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Acute Hospitals
NCT ID: NCT04753242
Last Updated: 2021-10-28
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
230 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2020-12-08
2021-10-03
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The COVID-19 pandemic raised new challenges in supporting patients, relatives and staff for psychosomatic, psychiatric and psychological C\&L services in general hospitals worldwide. It is intended to build upon the experience gained so far in order to be well prepared for the future.
Objectives:
The aims of this international online survey are
1. To summarize the efforts made in psychosocial care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. To assess the experiences made with the established services so far.
3. To assess the need for networking, cooperation and support.
4. Improvement of psychosocial care in acute hospitals in the context of pandemics.
Study Design:
This health services research project will be carried out as an observational study in the form of an international cross-sectional online survey.
There will be one survey time point. Study reporting will follow the STROBE Statement (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology).
Ethic approval:
In all participating countries the respective ethics committees were informed about the survey and it was checked with them, how far and what kind of country-specific vote of an ethics committee was necessary. Written statements, declarations or votes were obtained from all participating countries.
Setting:
The heads of all psychosomatic, psychiatric and psychological C\&L services in acute care hospitals across all participating countries are contacted and asked to participate. Contact is made via the respective national professional societies and relevant working and interest groups.
Participants This study is an international online survey with psychosomatic, psychiatric and psychological C\&L services from 14 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom) as well as parts of Canada (Quebec and Ontario region) and Iran participating.
Country specific regions:
The national coordinators of the participating country provided lists of specific regions for their respective country following the NUTS logic (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature\_of\_Territorial\_Units\_for\_Statistics), preferably a NUTS level that leads to 5 - 20 NUTS for each country.
Online survey questionnaire:
Self-developed questionnaire based on relevant literature, own experience and consultation with participating professional societies. The survey contains 25 questions on structural and process variables regarding characterization of the participating C\&L services, involvement of the respective hospitals in the physical care of COVID-19 patients, structures / organization of psychosocial care for COVID-19 patients in the participating hospitals, specific psychosocial support for patients, relatives and staff established in the participating hospital in the context of COVID-19, communication - How the different target groups were informed about the COVID-19 related psychosocial support services and offers, burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychosocial C\&L teams, needs and wishes for the future.
The study questionnaire was translated by a professional company from German into English, French and Italian. Language harmonization and cultural adaptation followed a modified committee-based approach informed by the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 Translation Guidelines. Participants are free to choose the language version to be worked on.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Interventions
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Online survey questionnaire
Self-developed questionnaire based on relevant literature, own experience and consultation with participating professional societies. The survey contains 25 questions on structural and process variables regarding psychosocial care structures that psychosocial C\&L services have established in acute hospitals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation and use of COVID-19-related services for patients, relatives and staff, special challenges, as well as needs and wishes for the future. Thereby the survey is aiming at the creation of a data basis for improving the structural and process quality of psychosocial care services through psychosocial C\&L services in the context of pandemics, especially the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Rainer Schaefert, Prof. Dr. med.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Locations
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Medical University of Graz, University Hospital Graz
Graz, Styria, Austria
Ghent University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
Ghent, , Belgium
University of Montreal, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine
Montreal, , Canada
TorontoSinai Health, University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry
Toronto, , Canada
Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu
Oulu, , Finland
Université de Paris, Service de Psychiatrie de l'adulte
Paris, , France
Nuremberg Hospital, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
University Hospital Cologne, Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aristotle University Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, , Greece
University of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry
Tehran, , Iran
University College Dublin
Dublin, , Ireland
Bologna University
Bologna, , Italy
University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
Modena, , Italy
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, , Norway
Wroclaw Medical University
Wroclaw, , Poland
Hospital de Santa Maria
Lisbon, , Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Lisboa
Lisbon, , Portugal
Barcelona University
Barcelona, , Spain
University Hospital Basel, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine
Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland
University of Basel, Department of Psychiatry (UPK)
Basel, , Switzerland
University of Exeter
Exeter, , United Kingdom
University of York
York, , United Kingdom
Countries
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References
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van der Feltz-Cornelis CM, Sweetman J, Lee W, Doherty AM, Dineen P, Meinlschmidt G, Vitinius F, Fazekas C, Huber CG, Schaefert R, Stein B. Determinants of workload-related clinician stress levels in general hospital consultation liaison psychiatry services during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Ireland. Short report. J Psychosom Res. 2024 Feb;177:111584. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111584. Epub 2023 Dec 30.
Schaefert R, Stein B, Meinlschmidt G, Roemmel N, Huber CG, Hepp U, Saillant S, Fazekas C, Vitinius F. COVID-19-Related Psychosocial Care in General Hospitals: Results of an Online Survey of Psychosomatic, Psychiatric, and Psychological Consultation and Liaison Services in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 24;13:870984. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.870984. eCollection 2022.
Other Identifiers
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Req-2020-00861; th21Schaefert
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id