Anxiety and Burnout in Anesthetists and Intensive Care Unit Nurses During Covid-19 Pandemic

The aim is to measure anxiety level and burnout frequency of healthcare workers including attending physicians, residents and nurses working at intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic.

The study protocol had consisted of three parts. The first part was related to demographic details including age, sex, marital status, working position, past medical history.

The second part of the survey was validated Turkish form of Beck anxiety inventory (BAI) It has 21 questions. Every question is a somatic symptom of anxiety. Participants scored them regarding how this symptom bothered them past week. Items have four possible answers: not at all (0 point), mildly (1 point), moderate (2 point), severe (3 point). Total anxiety score can be between 0 and 63. Participants were categorized as no or mild anxiety if the total beck anxiety score was between 0-16, and moderate to severe anxiety if it was more than 16 The last part of the survey was validated Turkish form of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to evaluate components of BOS

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Key information

Conditions

Sars-CoV2 Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout Burnout, Psychological COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Infections Lung Diseases Mental Disorders Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Stress, Psychological Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Training Hospital

Istanbul, 34771, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Our institution's ICU has served 31 beds for COVID-19 and 21 beds for other patients during pandemic with 27 attending physicians and 35 residents. Number of night shifts for attending physicians and residents were 3 and 8 per month, respectively. The aim of the study was to evaluate the by measuring anxiety level and burnout frequency of HCWs including attending physicians, residents and nurses in our institution's ICU.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Healthcare workers in our institute's intensive care units

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Anxiety

Time frame: 10-25 may

Measured by Beck anxiety inventory. Total anxiety score can be between 0 and 63. Participants were categorized as no or mild anxiety if the total beck anxiety score was between 0-16, and moderate to severe anxiety if it was more than 16

Secondary outcomes

Burnout

Time frame: 10-25 may

Measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory. MBI has 7-point 22 Likerd type questions and subdivided into three parts to measure emotional exhaustion (EE) (9 items), depersonalization (DP) (5 items), personal accomplishment (PA) (8 items). High scores on EE and DP subscales and low score on PA subscale imply higher level of burnout

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Oct 27, 2020
Registry last updated: Oct 28, 2020

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