National French Survey on Psychological Distress at Work of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Residents

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04350151

Acronym

PSY-DESAR

Enrollment

519

Registered

2020-04-16

Start date

2019-02-02

Completion date

2019-05-01

Last updated

2020-04-16

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Conditions

Anesthesia, Burnout, Professional, Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, Intensive Care, Stress, Psychological, Work Load

Brief summary

Psychological distress is a significant problem for healthcare professionals and students in training. The investigator question the prevalence of this problem in French residents in anaesthesia and intensive care training.

Detailed description

The investigator performed an observational study on the national population of anaesthesia residents. A questionnaire was sent to all residents composed with validated questionnaires analyzing psychological distress (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Karasek's questionnaire; work-related questions (work hours per week, night shift per month, application of safety rest after night shift, average time to start and end work, break time and time for food per day; two semi-open work-related questions (main stressor during internship, professional orientation); a free verbatim.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALno intervention

no intervention

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* resident of intensive care or anesthesia, french

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)	baseline	Investigation of the anxiety and depression with 14 questions, the cut-off score is more than 11 for anxiety or depression
Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)	baseline	Investigation of the burnout on 3 axes: personal, professional and relational with 19 questions, the cut-off score is 50 to identify a burnout
Karacek's questionnaire	baseline	Investigation of the stress at work
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	baseline	Investigation of the stress with 10 questions

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Workload	baseline	number of work-hours per week
Gender	baseline	Male, female

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026