Egyptian Doctors Stresses, Knowledge and Attitude During COVID-19 Pandemic

Covid-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cross-sectional Descriptive Study: Egyptian Doctors Stresses, Knowledge and Attitude During COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04403581
• Other study ID #: Egyptian doctors in COVID-19
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: May 2020
• Est. completion date: June 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Ain Shams University
• Contact: Riham H Raafat, MD
• Phone: 01000948672
• Email: drriham80[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Doctors are at high risk of corona virus infection (COVID-19) during pandemic. The investigators are aiming to explore the emotions, perceived stressors, knowledge and coping strategies of doctors who are working during COVID-19 pandemic in different specialties and in different hospitals by a self assessment questionnaire that was designed and modified from two previously published articles (mentioned in the references), including 7 sections with 88 questions.

Description:

Background

Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious respiratory disease caused by a newly discovered corona virus in December 2019, has been recognized as a serious threat to global health. Since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic in early March 2020, the WHO and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been considered the most reliable sources of information for the COVID-19 global pandemic. The CDC listed moderate to severe asthma, especially if not well controlled, as high-risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

A large number of cases occurred among health care workers (HCW), which were contracted within the health care facilities. Some of the HCWs even died from the COVID-19 disease. Moreover, it was reported that unrecognized, asymptomatic patients transferred to their family or close contacts. All these factors were alarming and potentially distressing for the hospital staff who worked during the pandemic.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003 also involved disease transmission to HCWs. Even though the fatality rates for SARS were lower than for COVID-19 infection, nonetheless, they were a cause of significant stress, emotional turmoil, and concern for all the SARS healthcare providers.

The emotions, perceived stressors, complete knowledge assessment and coping strategies of HCWs especially doctors during COVID-19 have not been explored. These issues were the intended focus of the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 384
• Est. completion date: June 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 23 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• doctors from different specialties

Exclusion Criteria:

• doctors who stopped working in the pandemic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Covid-19

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
Questionnaire for assessing stresses, knowledge and attitudes of doctors in COVID-19 pandemic

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ain Shams University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cross-sectional descriptive study: Egyptian Doctors Stresses, Knowledge and Attitude during COVID-19 Pandemic	Highlighting the emotional aspects, perceived stressors, level of knowledge and coping strategies of doctors who are working during COVID-19 pandemic in different hospitals by using questionnaires that the investigators gave the name "COVID-19 Doctor Stress Questionnaire" that included 7 sections with 88 questions: Demographic data related questions; Doctors feelings related questions; Factors that help in stressing doctors; Factors help in reducing stresses; Questions detecting knowledge; Attitude towards stresses; Motives to complete work Each is answered by the participant and assessed	2 months

External Links

•   Ahmed I. Albarraka,, Rafiuddin Mohammed, Ali Al Elayan, Feras Al Fawaz, Musab Al Masry, Mohammed Al Shammari, Saud Bin Miaygil: MERS: Comparing the knowledge, attitude and practices of different health care workers.
•   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information for Healthcare Professionals: COVID-19 and Underlying Conditions., 6 April. 2020
•   Lee SH, Juang YY, Su YJ, Lee HL, Lin YH, Chao CC. Facing SARS: psychological impacts on SARS team nurses and psychiatric services in a Taiwan general hospital. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2005;27:352-358.
•   Oboho IK, Tomczyk SM, Al-Asmari AM, Banjar AA, Al-Mugti H, Aloraini MS, et al 2014 MERS-CoV outbreak in Jeddah--a link to health care facilities. N Engl J Med 2015;
•   World Health Organization. Pneumonia of unknown cause — China: disease outbreak news. Geneva:, January 5, 2020