Socio-psychological Status of Healthcare Workers During SARS-CoV2 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04961372

Last Updated: 2022-03-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 333 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-09-30

Brief Summary

The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of depression, anxiety and fear in healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to evaluate their work and social life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of the entire population towards hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.

Detailed Description

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV2) was detected by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on 7 January 2020 in a patient with atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China, via a nasopharyngeal swab. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a "Pandemic". SARS-CoV2 quickly turned into a global epidemic, with a total of 134,957,021 confirmed cases and 2,918,752 deaths reported in April 2021.Since SARS-CoV2 is a highly contagious disease, the risk of infection in healthcare workers is quite high. In one of the earliest studies in Wuhan, 29 percent of patients (40 out of 138) were reported to be healthcare workers. A report from the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that a total of 9,282 healthcare workers were diagnosed with COVID-19, including 27 deaths, between February 12 and April 9, 2020. Eleven to nineteen percent of COVID-19 cases have been identified as healthcare professionals.As the investigators have seen in studies of SARS or Ebola outbreaks, the sudden onset of an immediately life-threatening epidemic can place an extraordinary amount of pressure on healthcare workers. Increased workload, physical fatigue, inadequate personal equipment, nosocomial transmission, and having to make ethically difficult decisions can have dramatic effects on their physical and mental health. The weight of working conditions together with the risk of illness of their social environment and families can cause mental health problems such as fear and anxiety in healthcare workers.When an effective vaccination program is in place, population uptake should be as high as possible to achieve herd immunity. Vaccination hesitancy, defined as a delay in acceptance or rejection of vaccination despite the availability of vaccination services, is one of the barriers to this. It is a complex special case that varies with time, place, and vaccines. It is influenced by factors such as peace of mind, convenience, and trust. Vaccine hesitations have been identified as one of the ten global health threats of 2019.The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of depression, anxiety and fear in healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to evaluate their work and social life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of the entire population towards hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.

Conditions

Depression, Anxiety

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Healthcare Workers

All healthcare professionals working at Gümüşhane Şiran Government Hospital

Survey

Intervention Type: OTHER

PHQ9 Depression Scale for evaluating depression, GAD7 Anxiety Score for evaluating anxiety, WSAS Score for evaluating Work and Social Adjustment

Non-Healthcare Workers

Twice the number of health workers included in the study, non-health worker volunteers

Survey

Intervention Type: OTHER

PHQ9 Depression Scale for evaluating depression, GAD7 Anxiety Score for evaluating anxiety, WSAS Score for evaluating Work and Social Adjustment

Interventions

Survey

PHQ9 Depression Scale for evaluating depression, GAD7 Anxiety Score for evaluating anxiety, WSAS Score for evaluating Work and Social Adjustment

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All healthcare workers aged between 18-65 who works at Siran Government Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who did not agree to participate in the study
• Uncooperative participants

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Erzincan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Hakan Gokalp TAS

Anesthesiology And Reanimation specialist,MD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Siran Government Hospital

Gümüşhane, Siran, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

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Other Identifiers

ErzincanUniversity

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id