NCT04506515

Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthcare Workers

Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthcare Workers in Spain: A Cross-sectional Study. PSIMCOV Group

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario de Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Background. The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has a great impact worldwide. Healthcare workers play an essential role and are one of the most exposed groups.Information about the psychosocial impact on healthcare workers is limited. Methods. 3109 healthcare workers completed a national, internet-based, cross-sectional 45-item survey between 9 and 19 April 2020. The objective is to assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spanish healthcare workers. A Psychological Stress and Adaptation at work Score (PSAS) was defined combining four modified versions of validated psychological assessment tests (A) Healthcare Stressful Test, (B) Coping Strategies Inventory,(C) Font-Roja Questionnaire and (D) Trait Meta-Mood Scale.

Detailed description

PSAS (Psychological Stress and Adaptation at work Score) is a self conducted questionnaire designed to assess psychological impact in healthcare workers to match times of crisis and when the time is scarce. PSAS has a range between 0 and 105, and higher scores represent higher stress detected.

Conditions

• Covid19
• Stress, Psychological
• Work Related Stress
• Epidemic Disease
• SARS-CoV Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Psychological stress and adaptation at work score (PSAS)	completing a survey based on PSAS

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-09
• Primary completion: 2020-04-19
• Completion: 2020-04-30
• First posted: 2020-08-10
• Last updated: 2021-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain