None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will investigate the psychological impact on healthcare workers who work in the operating theatre environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an important study because operating theatre staff are frontline healthcare professionals, who are working under enormous pressure during this challenging time. There is potentially a significant risk of mental health burden as a result of the pandemic. This study will help to identify any risk factors which may be associated with worse psychological outcomes. This study is a time-series online survey. Participation is voluntary. Data collected are anonymous and unidentifiable. The survey will be repeated every 4 weeks until the end of the pandemic or for 8 months from commencement, whichever is the sooner. Psychological support strategies will be provided to each individual at the end of each survey in the form of written information.
Interventions
This study uses a time-series survey, repeating every 4 weeks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic or for 8 months from commencement, whichever is the sooner. The survey will open for one week at each time point. Each online survey should take less than 15 minutes to fill out. This allows ongoing evaluation of the psychological impact on perioperative staff over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participation in this project is voluntary. If participants do not wish to participate or to c
This study uses a time-series survey, repeating every 4 weeks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic or for 8 months from commencement, whichever is the sooner. The survey will open for one week at each time point. Each online survey should take less than 15 minutes to fill out. This allows ongoing evaluation of the psychological impact on perioperative staff over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participation in this project is voluntary. If participants do not wish to participate or to continue to participate in this project, they can simply ignore the email invitation and do not complete the survey questionnaires.
Sponsors
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Perioperative staff working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes anaesthetic consultants, surgical consultants, anaesthetic trainees, surgical trainees, anaesthetic nurses, scrub nurses and technicians.
Exclusion criteria
Not applicable
Outcome results
None listed