Measures of competence, hydration and psychophysiological status in doctors in the United Kingdom Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Those who are eligible and decide to participate will be emailed a participant ID code, and a link to an online survey platform including the consent form. Participants will receive a testing pack in
Sponsors
University of Reading
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy adult volunteers currently in employment as a doctor by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, and have access to a private home laptop or PC to complete the online testing.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant, or breastfeeding 2. Current renal, cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, digestive, thyroid, neurological or haematological disease, in addition to anyone taking medications (either prescribed or over-the-counter) that influence weight, fluid, or electrolyte balance
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Competence is measured using a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (M-SQ) following two working shifts (T1 - T2) 2. Hydration status is measured using self-assessed urinalysis reagent Labstick’s reporting urine specific gravity (Uspecific gravity) at T1 and T2 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 01/03/2021: Measured at B0: 1. The Professional Quality of Life – Version 5 (ProQOL-5) to assess coping competence, burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction (Stamm, 2009) 2. The Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC) as a self-reported measure of intra- and inter-personal emotional competence and global emotional intelligence (Brasseur, Grégoire, Bourdu, & Mikolajczak, 2013) 3. The Almost Perfect Scale-Revised Short Form (APS-R SF) to assess attitudes towards others, themselves and their performance, orthogonally measuring the maladaptive and adaptive aspects of perfectionism (Slaney et al., 2001) 4. The Diagnostic Thinking Inventory (DTI) which is a widely applied self-assessment tool used to determine clinical diagnostic reasoning in doctors at all stages of their career. The DTI assesses two clinical reasoning domains: knowledge structure in memory and flexibility in thinking (Bordage, Grant & Marsden, 1990)5. The Lifestyle Appraisal Questionnaire (LAQ) as a comprehensive assessment of lifestyle (Craig, Hancock & Craig, 1996) Measured at T1 and T2: 5. The Daily Stress Inventory (DSI) items measure a 24-hour period and three daily scores are derived on the number of events, the sum of the impact of the events, and the average impact rating of the events (Brantley, Waggoner, Jones & Rappaport, 1987) 6. N-back Letters Tasks (level 2 and 3), tasks will be used as a cognitive assessment to measure performance of a part of working memory and working memory capacity 7. Reagent Labstick’s: urinary pH (UpH) as a measure of physiologic and psychological stress 8. Urine colour (Ucolour) will be analysed using an NHS 8-level colour chart 9. Fluid record based on the volume and type of fluid consumed over the duration of their working shif | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactKirsty Hodgson
Outcome results
None listed