The Pandemic Stress Vaccine: A Resource to Enhance the Resilience of Healthcare Workers Facing an Infectious Outbreak

Psychological Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Pandemic Stress Vaccine: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Resource to Enhance the Resilience of Healthcare Workers Facing an Infectious Outbreak

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00962273
• Other study ID #: 09-0133-E
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 18, 2009
• Last updated: August 17, 2010
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2010

Study information

• Verified date: August 2010
• Source: Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of an interactive, computerized learning resource designed to increase resilience in hospital-based health care workers preparing for an influenza pandemic. The effects of the learning resource will be compared to a non-interactive learning resource condition and a control condition. It is hypothesized that (a) online pandemic-related education reduces absenteeism and interpersonal problems for healthcare workers (HCWs), and improves their pandemic self-efficacy in the short and long-term, and (b) an interactive format for online education is necessary for its benefits.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 118
• Est. completion date: July 2010
• Est. primary completion date: July 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• employee or professional staff of a hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to read and write English

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological Stress
• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Interactive computerized learning resource
In a series of interactive scenarios, participants can "see" themselves in stressful work situations that could arise during an influenza pandemic and reflect on effective ways to work out personal and interpersonal difficulties.
• Didactic computerized learning resource
In a non-interactive format (i.e., a series of audio presentations with accompanying PowerPoint-type slides) participants are given information on how to handle stressful work situations that could arise during an influenza pandemic.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Mount Sinai Hospital	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Maunder RG, Lancee WJ, Balderson KE, Bennett JP, Borgundvaag B, Evans S, Fernandes CM, Goldbloom DS, Gupta M, Hunter JJ, McGillis Hall L, Nagle LM, Pain C, Peczeniuk SS, Raymond G, Read N, Rourke SB, Steinberg RJ, Stewart TE, VanDeVelde-Coke S, Veldhorst — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Absenteeism		32 weeks	No
Secondary	Pandemic self-efficacy		32 weeks	No
Secondary	Interpersonal problems		32 weeks	No