NCT00962273

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

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

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.
BEHAVIORAL	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-07-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2009-08-19
• Last updated: 2010-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada