Mental Health Status and Related Factors Among Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Mental Health Status and Related Factors Among Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04500652
• Other study ID #: PMRMentalcovid
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 27, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: Dokuz Eylul University
• Contact: Banu Dilek
• Phone: +905052248340
• Email: banu.dilek[@]deu.edu.tr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In December 2019, a highly infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China. On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Facing this critical situation, health care workers on the front line are at risk of developing psychological distress and other mental health symptoms. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians works both in specialty outpateint/inpatient clinic and pandemic outpatient/inpatient clinics during the outbreak. Accordingly, PM&R physicians are expected to be mentally affected by COVID-19 pandemic. In this study we aimed to evaluate mental health status of PM&R physicians and related factors during COVID-19 pandemic. This study is a cross-sectional survey which is conducted on an online platform. Demographic data, working conditions of PM&R physicians and factors that may be related to mental health status is questioned in the survey. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 (DASS-21) is used to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is used to assess the severity of both nighttime and daytime components of insomnia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 310
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 24 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician

• Worked during COVID-19 pandemic in specialty outpatient/inpatient clinic or pandemic outpatient/inpatient clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being a specialist in a branch other than physical medicine and rehabilitation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Coronavirus
• Coronavirus Infections
• Covid19
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Dokuz Eylul University	Izmir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dokuz Eylul University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales 21 Score	The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) is a set of three self-report scales designed to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.	5 months
Primary	Insomnia severity index score	The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is a brief instrument that was designed to assess the severity of both nighttime and daytime components of insomnia.	5 months