COVID 19, Depression, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Conditions
Keywords
Hospital interns
Brief summary
The mental health of the French population in response to covid-19 pandemic is of concern. Health professionals are prone to more mental disorders due to their direct exposure to the pandemic consequences. Indeed, compared to general population, health care workers face enormous in the current health situation, especially those who may be in contact with suspected or confirmed cases (risk of infection, inadequate protection, loss of control, lack of experience in managing the diseases, overwork, stigma, lack of support). Thus, it seems interesting to describe the psychological state of hospital interns during this pandemic.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Montpellier
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being a DES intern (Occitanie-Est) * Being on internship as of November 1, 2020
Exclusion criteria
\- Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Depressive Symptomatology (PHQ-9) | at 5 months (6 months of internship) | evaluation of the participant depressive symptomatology based on the PHQ-9 scale. The PHQ-9 total score ranges from 0 to 27. A score between 0 and 4 indicates absence of depression; a score between 5 and 9 indicates mild depression; a score between 10 and 14 indicates moderate depression; score between 15 and 19 indicates moderately severe depression and score between 20 and 27 indicates sever depression. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety with the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | anxiety evaluation based on the GAD-7 score. The GAD-7 total score ranges from 0 to 21. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 represent cut-points for mild, moderate, and severe anxiety, respectively. |
| Psychological pain assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessment of the psychological pain. The VAS ranges from 0 (none) to 10 (maximum pain). |
| Physical pain assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessment of the physical pain. The VAS ranges from 0 (none) to 10 (maximum pain). |
| Suicidal ideation assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessment of the suicidal ideation. The VAS ranges from 0 (none) to 10 (maximum ideation). |
| Anger assessed with the State Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI - state) | at 2 months (3 months of internship) | anger assessment with the STAXI state scale. The total score ranges from 0 to 50. The higher the score the higher the anger expression. |
| Sleep evaluation with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | sleep quality evaluation based on the ISI score. The ISI total score ranges from 0 to 28. A score between 0 and 7 indicates an absence of insomnia; a score between 8 and 14 indicates sub-threshold insomnia; a score between 15 and 21 indicates moderate insomnia and a score between 22 and 28 indicates severe insomnia. |
| Psychotropic drugs use | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessement of the psychotropic drugs use increase |
| Tobacco consumption | at 2 months (3 months of internship) | assessement of the tobacco consumption increase |
| Alcohol consumption | at 2 months (3 months of internship) | assessement of the alcohol consumption increase |
| Illicit substances use | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessement of the illicit substances use increase |
| Stressful Event Impact (Horowitz scale) | at inclusion (1 month of internship) | assessement of stressful event impact with the Horowitz scale. The total score ranges from 0 to 45. The higher the score the higher the trauma |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed