Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety, self-employed GPs, prevalence
Brief summary
Mental health is a major public health issue in the general population, but few studies seem to focus on the mental health of self-employed healthcare professionals, and GPs in particular. As front-line workers who are often called upon to manage complex situations, they are quite likely to suffer from anxiety-depressive symptoms or burnout. Nevertheless, general practice is vast, and there are many different ways of practising and organising it.
Detailed description
The primary objective is to describe the prevalence of clinically significant anxiety symptoms in French self-employed GPs. The secondary objective is to investigate the factors associated with the presence of clinically significant anxiety symptoms in French self-employed GPs.
Interventions
OTHERData collection
Data collection
Sponsors
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* general practitioners * qualified and established * practicing in France * with at least some self-employed practice * agreeing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* salaried general practitioners
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| anxiety | Day 0 | Anxiety will be evaluated using the Scale Trait Anxiety Inventory version Y (STAI-Y-A). The STAI Form Y-A consists of a set of twenty item sonly focus on the psychological and not the somatic aspects of anxiety. The STAI Form Y-A is a self-reported questionnaire. Each item is scored from 1 to 4 and a sum score of all items is computed. Higher score indicates greater anxiety. Presence of anxiety will be defined by a score greater than or equal to 46. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed