Lessons and needs arising from experienced moral stress and moral dilemmas at the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic

Medical ethical issues at the ICU at the time of COVID-19

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON26256

Enrollment

200

Registered

2021-01-06

Start date

2020-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All employees of medical disciplines including senior house officers, specialist registrars and medical specialists, nurses (in training) and nurse anesthesists (in training) who worked in the Intensive Care departments of the Amsterdam UMC - Location AMC at the time of the start of the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unwillingness to fill in the anonymous questionnaire

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The extensive mapping of the moral dilemmas and moral issues that employees at the Intensive Care of the Amsterdam UMC - Location AMC had to deal with during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. What is the mental strain and moral stress experienced between March-May 2020? 2. What moral questions and dilemmas were there? Which values were central and which values were under pressure? 3. What was learned in dealing with moral stress and moral issues? a. What (didn't) help(ed) in dealing with moral stress and moral dilemmas? b. What needs did one have when dealing with moral dilemmas and moral stress? 4. Are there differences with regard to these questions between professional groups (e.g. nurses, nurses in training, senior house officers, specialist registrars and medical specialists)?	—

Measure

Time frame

1. What is the mental strain and moral stress experienced between March-May 2020? 2. What moral questions and dilemmas were there? Which values were central and which values were under pressure? 3. What was learned in dealing with moral stress and moral issues? a. What (didn't) help(ed) in dealing with moral stress and moral dilemmas? b. What needs did one have when dealing with moral dilemmas and moral stress? 4. Are there differences with regard to these questions between professional groups (e.g. nurses, nurses in training, senior house officers, specialist registrars and medical specialists)?

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Contacts

Public ContactMark van Zuylen

Amsterdam UMC, location AMC

m.l.zuylenvan@amsterdamumc.nl+31629600111

Outcome results