None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This research will explore the immediate, medium and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on rural and regional health care workers and the communities in which they live. A cohort of Loddon Mallee healthcare workers (COVID-19+/COVID-19-) will be recruited and followed over three years to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of these workers. The main aims of the study are to: • Use a longitudinal study design to explore and describe the health and wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among the rural/regional healthcare worker cohort and sub-cohorts. • Identify protective/resilience factors, at the individual, organisation and community level that predict better physical and mental health outcomes for health workers. Evidence-based resilience interventions may then be implemented in the future to improve the workforce response to major disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic. • Inform policy options to support our rural/regional health care workers in responding to major disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interventions
This study will use a longitudinal study design to explore and describe the health and wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among the rural/regional healthcare Workers. Online questionnaires will be self-completed by participants every 6 months for the next three years with shorter questionnaires at 3, 9 and 15 months. The assessments include:
Patient sociodemographic questions
COVID-19 infection history
COVID-19 infection control training
Mortality
Cause of death
Morbidity
Height & weight
This study will use a longitudinal study design to explore and describe the health and wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among the rural/regional healthcare Workers. Online questionnaires will be self-completed by participants every 6 months for the next three years with shorter questionnaires at 3, 9 and 15 months. The assessments include: Patient sociodemographic questions COVID-19 infection history COVID-19 infection control training Mortality Cause of death Morbidity Height & weight Disease-specific symptoms Medication use Resting pulse Blood pressure Hearing Vision Screening Delayed or postponed screening Contraception use Hormone replacement use Reproductive history Personal welling index (PWI-A) Generalised Anxiety Disorder -7 (GAD-7) Fear of COVID-19 Scale Impact of events scale-6 (IES-6) Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) Short Form-12 (SF-12) The Adult State (Snyder) Hope Scale General Self Efficacy Scale Brief COPE Scale Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) Self-compassion scale: short form (SCS-SF) Self-control and self-management behaviour scale Childhood trauma Questionnaire - Short Form (CTQ-SF) Mindfulness attention awareness scale (MAAS) Big 5 Inventory-Short form MOS (6-item cognition questions) Duke Social Support Index UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 Recent life events questionnaire (12-items) Self-control and self-management behaviour scale International Physical Activity Questionnaire short form AUDIT Alcohol Screening Tool Smoking questionnaire Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Short diet quality questions (14-items) General Functioning Index of the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) Health services use Job Stress Scale Satisfaction with Work Scale Work engagement: Utrecht Work Engagement Scale Copernhagen Burnout Inventory Job-stress-related presenteeism Occupational self-efficacy scale (OSE) The Multilevel Safety Climate (MSC) Scale Psychologically safe workplace questionnaire Neighborhood cohesion
Sponsors
Bendigo Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
• Age 18 or over • Currently working within a Loddon Mallee health service • Ability to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
• Inability to use electronic devices (required to complete the questionnaire) • Non-English-speaking people
Outcome results
None listed