Psychological Impairment Due to Covid-19

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychological Impairment Due to Covid-19 in Hospital Staff

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04368312
• Other study ID #: TEMP553914-BO
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

Hospital staff and emergency personnel are expected to suffer impaired psychological outcomes during a pandemic in terms of Quality of Life, anxiety, depression or other outcomes. The Covid-19 pandemic is a threat for both somatic and psychological health, therefore the impact of the impairment of this event on psychological parameters has to be assessed.

Description:

Hospital staff and emergency personell are confronted with severe and life-threatening situations, therefore this group is considered to be at risk for impaired psychological health. A pandemic such as the Covid-19 endemic is suggested to severely impair the psychological state of this profession, amongst others Quality of life, anxiety, depression and other parameters. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the impact of impairment due to this global threat on the psychological health of health care providers. We therefore designed this study to evaluate baseline psychological characteristics and to re-assess those values in an interval of 60 days.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Hospital staff (doctors and nurses) Exclusion Criteria: None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological Distress
• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
No intervention, just of questionnaire including validated tests

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University Hospital Essen	Essen	NRW

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Essen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	PCL5 Questionnaire	Validated 20-items questionnaire for PTSD	14 days
Primary	BSI - Brief symptom inventory	The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a 53-item screener for mental health problems with 9 subscales.	14 days
Primary	PHQD	Instrument for psychological diagnostics, able to test the severity of mental disorders and the success of their treatment	14 days
Primary	WHO - QoL BREF	Qol Questionnaire, assessed QoL with respect to the individual's perceptions in the context of culture and value systems.	14 days
Primary	STAXI	The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory is used to measure the expressions & control of anger	14 days
Primary	AUDIT questionnaire	The AUDIT questionnaire is designed to help in the self assessment of alcohol consumption	14 days