The Professional Peer Resilience Initiative

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

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

Conditions
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Stress, Stress Disorder, Stress, Psychological, Trauma, Psychological, Anxiety, Anxiety State, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Professional Quality of Life, Stress Related Disorder, Stress Reaction, Stress Risk, Mental Resilience, Emotional Resilience

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: MinnRAP Peer Support Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Healthcare workers (HCWs) and mental health consultants (MHCs) in UMN medical school departments Exclusion Criteria: None

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Healthcare Workers Already Starting Peer Support Program<br> | Behavioral: MinnRAP Peer Support Program<br>* 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.<br>|
| Healthcare Workers Starting Peer Support Program Later<br> | Behavioral: MinnRAP Peer Support Program<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in professional quality of life | Professional Quality of Life Questionnaire (proQOL): min score of 10; max score of 50; higher scores mean worse outcome | Before peer support program, through study completion (an average of 7 months) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in mental health symptoms and resilience markers | Stress Risk & Resilience Self-Index: min score 0; max score of 12; higher scores mean worse outcome | Before peer support program, through study completion (an average of 7 months) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Resilience, COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019, Coronavirus, Healthcare Workers, Frontline, Traumatic Stress