Emotional Burden of Healthcare Professionals and Covid Infection 19

COVID-19 ( known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)) has a highly polymorphic clinical presentation, ranging from pauci-symptomatic infection to severe, potentially complicated forms with acute respiratory distress syndrome or multisystemic organs failure. The picture may be initially severe, or it may progress in two stages, with worsening 7 to 10 days after the first symptoms with an overall case-fatality rate of 3 to 4%.

Its management is essentially symptomatic, as no antiviral treatment has so far demonstrated a clinical benefit in this condition.

In such a context, healthcare professionals assigned to COVID units will be faced with a heavy workload and emotional burden that could lead to psychological suffering or even burnout and its consequences.

We would therefore like to describe, using validated tools, the emotional evolution of the care workers at the Limoges University Hospital and the Esquirol University Hospital faced with this new pandemic infection. An initial and end-of-study evaluation of the caregivers will be carried out concerning their anxiety and depressive state, their personal capacity for resilience and their degree of empathy

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Key information

Conditions

Emotionnal Distress; COVID-19 COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Infections Lung Diseases Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CH Esquirol, Limoges, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Health professional working in a COVID unit
For the qualitative study: 24 participant selected at random to be interviewed

Exclusion criteria

Refusal to participate

Treatment and study plan

quetionnary

Other

Participants will complete self-questionnaires at different times during the epidemic

Primary outcomes

anxiety

Time frame: 7 days,

Assessing the anxiety of health professionals using Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) scale.

Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
anxiety

Time frame: 15 days,

Assessing the anxiety of health professionals using Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) scale.

Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
anxiety

Time frame: 1 month

Assessing the anxiety of health professionals using Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) scale.

Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
anxiety

Time frame: 3 month

Assessing the anxiety of health professionals using Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) scale.

Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Limoges

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Emotional Burden of Healthcare Professionals and the Epidemic Related to Covid Infection 19 -

Acronym: Emocovid

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Apr 16, 2020
Registry last updated: Jun 26, 2026

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