The Professional Peer Resilience Initiative

The Professional Peer Resilience Initiative (PPRI) study is an observational study aimed at understanding how symptoms of traumatic stress and resilience evolve over time in the University of Minnesota (UMN) healthcare workforce during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study is being conducted concurrently with a UMN peer support program called the MinnRAP program and will remotely administer quality of life and mental health surveys to healthcare workers before they start the MinnRAP program and throughout their participation in the program.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Anxiety State Behavior Behavioral Symptoms COVID-19 Compassion Fatigue Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Emotional Resilience Fatigue Fractures, Bone Fractures, Stress Infections Lung Diseases Mental Disorders Mental Fatigue Mental Resilience Nidovirales Infections Occupational Stress Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Professional Quality of Life Psychological Trauma RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Secondary Traumatic Stress Signs and Symptoms Stress Disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Stress Reaction Stress Related Disorder Stress Risk Stress, Psychological Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Trauma, Psychological Virus Diseases Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Healthcare workers (HCWs) and mental health consultants (MHCs) in UMN medical school departments

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

MinnRAP Peer Support Program

Behavioral

The behavioral intervention consists of 1) pairing healthcare workers into "Battle Buddies" who maintain daily dialogue to detect stress and anxiety and 2) assigning a mental health consultant to each department to facilitate Battle Buddies and provide both small group sessions and individual psychological triage/referrals.

Primary outcomes

Change in professional quality of life

Time frame: Before peer support program, through study completion (an average of 7 months)

Professional Quality of Life Questionnaire (proQOL): min score of 10; max score of 50; higher scores mean worse outcome

Secondary outcomes

Change in mental health symptoms and resilience markers

Time frame: Before peer support program, through study completion (an average of 7 months)

Stress Risk & Resilience Self-Index: min score 0; max score of 12; higher scores mean worse outcome

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Minnesota

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Professional Peer Resilience Initiative: Leveraging a Data-Driven Model to Maximize the Resilience of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Acronym: PPRI

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: May 20, 2020
Registry last updated: Apr 4, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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