Clinical trial NCT06302764: Emergency Medical Staff Workload Analysis
Official title: Analysis of the Occupational Workload of Doctors and Medical Staff Involved in Emergency and Life-threatening Situations
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Stress
Work Related Stress
PTSD
Mental Stress
Medical Emergencies
Keywords: stress
work-related stress
trauma
PTSD
medical personnel
Lead sponsor: Jagiellonian University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-12
Enrollment: 400
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Medical staff involved in treating life-threatening conditions

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to identify trauma determinants and leverage this understanding to develop solutions applicable to the prevention and treatment of PTSD among emergency medical personnel. By categorizing stimuli associated with traumatic professional experiences, the study aims to enhance existing therapeutic protocols through exposure therapy. The specific objectives are as follows:

1. Analysis and characterization of occupational workloads among doctors and emergency medical personnel, focusing on the scale of burdens associated with PTSD symptoms.
2. Development of categories for aggravating and potentially traumatizing stimuli within the medical staff of rescue teams.
3. Examination of the feasibility of incorporating the obtained results into cognitive-behavioral therapy protocols.
4. Assessment of the potential for implementing the results in solutions utilizing virtual reality technology.
5. Formation of an interdisciplinary international research team.

Detailed description: Background: Data on the impact of workloads indicate that emergency medical personnel exposed to sudden threats to health or life are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of occupational stress. Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) within this professional group significantly surpass the rates found in the general population. Traumatic experiences encountered by medical staff may lead to a substantial decline in their mental health, as well as in their social and professional functioning.

Participants: Several hundred medical doctors and emergency medical personnel from Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and Spain.

Research Methodology: Analysis of data collected through focused interviews, psychological scales, and questionnaires pertaining to burnout, stress, and mental health conditions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* completed medical studies or emergency medical course
* assistance in life-threatening conditions

Exclusion Criteria:

* Intellectual disability
* Inability to self-complete the research questionnaires

Primary outcomes:
measure: Focused Interview
timeFrame: October, 2023 until November, 2023
measure: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)
timeFrame: December, 2023 until March, 2024
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
timeFrame: December, 2023 until March, 2024
measure: Depersonalization Mechanism Scale (DMS)
timeFrame: December, 2023 until March, 2024
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Krakow
country: Poland
facility: Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
state: Małopolska
city: Coimbra
country: Portugal
facility: University of Coimbra
city: Kyiv
country: Ukraine
facility: Bogomolets National Medical University
Study officials:
affiliation: Jagiellonian University
name: Krystyna Golonka, Prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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