Nursing Perspective on Burnout and Medical Errors in the Intensive Care Unit During Covid-19 Pandemic

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Nursing Perspective on Burnout and Medical Errors in the Intensive Care Unit of an Exclusively Covid-19 Hospital: the Malaysian Experience

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04371302
• Other study ID #: 54843
• Status: Terminated
• Start date: May 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University of Malaya
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators plan to perform an observational study to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, depression and medical errors in a designated exclusive Covid-19 patients hospital in Malaysia, during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the relationship between burnout and depression with medical errors will be assessed. The population studied will be the nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit, who are at higher risk due to the nature of their work at the frontlines of the pandemic.

Description:

During this unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic crisis in the whole world, Malaysia is also affected, with more than 5000 patients infected in the whole country as of 20th April, 2020. Many Intensive Care Unit nurses, who are at the frontlines of managing Covid-19 patients, face increased workload, in addition to psychological stress from managing these patients, with stress also coming from being exposed to the risk of cross infection. Hence, they are possibly at high risk of burnout and depression. In such a time of increased stress, the investigators also seek to find out the prevalence of medical errors made by Intensive Care Unit nurses during this pandemic, and whether the medical errors are associated with burnout. Factors associated with burnout, depression and medical errors will also be evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 145
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2020
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

1. All nurses currently serving in the ICU, Sungai Buloh Hospital Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects who refuse to participate

2. Subjects working in ICU, Sungai Buloh Hospital, for less than 1 month

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout, Professional
• Burnout, Psychological
• COVID-19
• Depression
• Medical Errors

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Questionnaire
Assessment of demographics, burnout, depression and self-perceived medical errors

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Malaysia	Sungai Buloh Hospital	Kuala Lumpur

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Malaya

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Malaysia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of burnout among ICU nurses during Covid-19	Prevalence of burnout risk	2 months
Primary	Prevalence of depression among ICU nurses during Covid-19	Prevalence of depression risk	2 months
Primary	Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among ICU nurses during Covid-19	Prevalence of self perceived medical errors	2 months
Primary	Association of burnout, depression and medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	To find out if there exists a relationship between burnout, depression and medical errors	2 months