Evaluation of Emergency Department (ED) Staff Stress Level During COVID-19 Pandemic

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emergency Department (ED) are in front line for the reception of patients presenting COVID-19 symptoms and have to face a new situation given the expected number of patients. Staff participate in suspect patients triage, in the diagnosis and the management of Covid-19 patients, having to follow the instructions and recommendations that evolve in real time, depending on the stage, resources and means available. This situation requires that the staff immediately adaptation within this reorganization and redeployment of the activity. Then; they are subject to many stress and anxiety factors such as: Increased activity: massive influx of patients, overload of work, lack of material and human resources Modification of practices: training in procedures, measures isolation and prevention of contamination of other patients, replacement by professionals reassigned from other departments Ethical dilemma: decisions to be made in an emergency, patient prioritization Numerous, evolving information, from various sources and sometimes contradictory (national, governance, service, media) Individual: fear of personal contamination and of those close to you, personal organization in a situation of confinement of the population, loss of usual social support Anxiety and stress management of patients and relatives, their entourage and colleagues In this study, it is proposed to study the psychic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department staff.

Official Title
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Evaluation of Emergency Department (ED) Staff Stress Level During COVID-19 Pandemic

Conditions
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Emergency Department Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Emergency Department Staff's Level of Stress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: stress and anxiety questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adults medical and paramedical staff working the the emergency room permanently or specifically during the COVID19 pandemic not opposed to participate to this study Exclusion Criteria: Staff under legal protection refusing to participate

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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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Emergency department staff<br> | Other: stress and anxiety questionnaire<br>* Emergency department staff will be asked to fill in questionnaires in order to measure their stress and anxiety level, their propensity to have a burn-out, their consumption of psychoactive substances such as alcohol, tobacco, coffee or anxiolytic, their sleep disorder.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change of emergency department staff's level of stress during the covid19 pandemic, measured using the Chamoux et Simard visual analogic scale | The level of stress will be measured using the Chamoux et Simard visual analogic scale. This scale is composed of 3 subscales evaluating the stress level at work, at home and in the life in general. Each scale are rating from 0 to 10, 0 being the absence of stress and 10 the highest level of stress ever experienced a cotation at each scale greater than 6 will defined the presence of a stress. | Every 15 days from baseline to 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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level of stress, emergency department staff, COVID-19 pandemic