COVID-19 : Stress Within Hospital Workers

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Measure of Stress After the First Wave of Covid 19 Within Hospital Workers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05037214
• Other study ID #: RECHMPL21_0548
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University Hospital, Montpellier
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

As of December 2019, the global pandemic of COVID-19 has spread rapidly throughout the world, putting healthcare staff at the frontline.

In this context, several factors leading to the appearance of psychiatric symptoms have emerged : work overload, fear of being infected or of infecting, exhaustion… (The Lancet, 2020)

Indeed, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, insomnia and increased stress have been reported (Rossi et al., 2020).

Furthermore, the increased anxiety and depression symptoms and stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may increase the risk of suicide in this already high-risk population. For example, suicidal ideation has been reported in up to 5% of healthcare workers in the United States (Young et al., 2021).

It is therefore essential to evaluate the incidence of psychiatric disorders (e.g. PTSD, depression, suicide) and their associated risk factors among the hospital staff.

To do so, Montpellier University Hospital healthcare staff was asked their mental state during the first wave of COVID-19.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 779
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• Healthcare staff working at Montpellier University Hospital during the first wave of COVID-19

• Having responded to the online survey sent to all healthcare staff

Exclusion criteria:

• Refusal to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout
• COVID 19
• Depression
• Stress, Psychological

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	University hospital	Montpellier

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Montpellier

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety symptoms	anxiety level assessed with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire (GAD-7) : higher score indicates higher anxiety (min : 0; max : 21)	day 1
Primary	Depression symptoms	depression symptomatoloy assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) : higher score indicates higher depression level (min : 0; max : 27)	day 1
Primary	Sleep	sleep quality assessed with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) : higher score indicates higher insomnia level (min : 0; max : 28)	day 1
Secondary	Post traumatic stress disorder	post traumatic stress disorder symptomatology assessed with the Posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist Scale (PCL-S) : higher score indicates more sever post traumatic stress disorder symptoms	day 1
Secondary	Physical pain	physical pain assessed with a likert scale	day 1
Secondary	Burnout symptoms	burnout symptomatology assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) : higher scores on the emotional exhaustion scale and the depersonalization scale and lower score on the professional accomplishment scale indicate higher burnout level.	day 1