Clinical trial NCT05357365: Establishing a Cohort for Occupational Disease of Emergency Medical Workers
Official title: A Study on the Establishment of a Cohort for Occupational Disease, Damage Prevention, and Health Management of Emergency Medical Workers
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Occupational Diseases
Emergency Departments
Lead sponsor: Samsung Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-02
Enrollment: 105
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Medical workers of the emergency department in the tertiary hospitals in Korea

Brief summary: This study aims to understand the epidemiological characteristics, related factors , and current status of occupational diseases and damage that occur in emergency medical workers (doctors and nurses). A number of surveys were conducted on about 100 emergency medical workers for about a year with occupational factors, physical health, and mental health.

Detailed description: * Background :

  1. The importance and public role of emergency medical care

     * Emergency medical care is a public and essential medical service that is directly related to the lives of the public and plays a key role in the domestic medical delivery system.
  2. Health problems of domestic emergency medical staff

     * Emergency medical workers are at higher risk than the general population due to higher work intensity, lack of medical staff, unplanned patient occurrence, and congestion.
     * Most emergency medical workers in Korea are classified as high-risk medical staff and receive special medical checkups once or twice a year. On the other hand, these regular medical checkups are only an evaluation of the overall health status of medical staff, which does not lead to prevention before the deterioration of the health status of individual medical staff.
* Objective : The purpose of this study is to establish a cohort research system to develop prevention and health care solutions by identifying epidemiological characteristics, related factors for occupational diseases, and damage occurring in emergency medical workers (doctors and nurses).
* Design: Observational (Cohort study)
* Setting: In the Department of Emergency at the Samsung Medical Center and other hospitals
* Enrollment : About 100 Emergency medical workers (doctors and nurses)
* Methods: Questionnaire surveys on occupational, mental, physical factors during about 1 year.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria: The emergency medical workers

* who have heard the explanation of the study and agreed to participate
* aged 18 or older
* have no occupational disease or damage (within 4 weeks) at the time of cohort establishment.

Exclusion criteria:

* Those who disagree with this study
* A person who is not engaged in actual work, such as taking leave of absence, or who does not agree to participate
* Those with occupational diseases or damage at the time of cohort establishment (within 4 weeks)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Stress_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Stress_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Stress_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Stress_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Stress_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Burn out_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Burn out_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Burn out_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Burn out_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Burn out_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Depression_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Depression_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Depression_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Depression_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Depression_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: PTSD_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: PTSD_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: PTSD_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: PTSD_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: PTSD_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Circulatory mechanical disease_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Circulatory mechanical disease_2
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Musculoskeletal disorder_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Musculoskeletal disorder_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Musculoskeletal disorder_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Musculoskeletal disorder_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Musculoskeletal disorder_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Respiratory disease_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Respiratory disease_2
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Endocrine/metabolic disease_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Endocrine/metabolic disease_2
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Cancer disease_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Cancer disease_2
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Other diseases_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Other diseases_2
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: The change of how good the participants feel about their health condition (very good~very bad) and checking whether they were sick or feel uncomfortable or not (yes vs. no)
timeFrame: Every 2 weeks from the enrollment up to 1 year
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_2
timeFrame: 1 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_3
timeFrame: 2 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_4
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_5
timeFrame: 4 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_6
timeFrame: 5 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_7
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_8
timeFrame: 7 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_9
timeFrame: 8 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_10
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_11
timeFrame: 10 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_12
timeFrame: 11 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Main working hours_13
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_2
timeFrame: 1 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_3
timeFrame: 2 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_4
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_5
timeFrame: 4 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_6
timeFrame: 5 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_7
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_8
timeFrame: 7 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_9
timeFrame: 8 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_10
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_11
timeFrame: 10 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_12
timeFrame: 11 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Average working hours per day_13
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Damages_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Damages_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Damages_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Damages_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Occupational factors of the participants with surveys: Damages_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Drinking alcohol status_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Drinking alcohol status_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Drinking alcohol status_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Drinking alcohol status_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Drinking alcohol status_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Smoking_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Smoking_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Smoking_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Smoking_4
timeFrame: 9 months up to 1 year
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Smoking_5
timeFrame: 12 months up to 1 year
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Obesity and weight control_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Obesity and weight control_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Obesity and weight control_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Obesity and weight control_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Obesity and weight control_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: physical activity and exercise_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: physical activity and exercise_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: physical activity and exercise_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: physical activity and exercise_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: physical activity and exercise_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : A sense of safety_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : A sense of safety_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : A sense of safety_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : A sense of safety_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : A sense of safety_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Stress level_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Stress level_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Stress level_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Stress level_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys : Stress level_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Sleep_1
timeFrame: At the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Sleep_2
timeFrame: 3 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Sleep_3
timeFrame: 6 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Sleep_4
timeFrame: 9 months after the enrollment
measure: Lifestyle of the participants with surveys: Sleep_5
timeFrame: 12 months after the enrollment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seoul
country: Korea, Republic of
facility: Samsung Medical Center
Study officials:
affiliation: Samsung Medical Center
name: Taerim Kim
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References: