The Pandemic Stress Vaccine: A Resource to Enhance the Resilience of Healthcare Workers Facing an Infectious Outbreak

NCT00962273 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: 09-0133-E
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 118
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of an interactive, computerized learning resource designed to increase resilience in hospital-based health care workers preparing for an influenza pandemic. The effects of the learning resource will be compared to a non-interactive learning resource condition and a control condition. It is hypothesized that (a) online pandemic-related education reduces absenteeism and interpersonal problems for healthcare workers (HCWs), and improves their pandemic self-efficacy in the short and long-term, and (b) an interactive format for online education is necessary for its benefits.

Conditions

Psychological Stress

Keywords

health personnel; communicable diseases; stress, psychological; resilience, psychological; disaster planning; education; online

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Absenteeism

  32 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Pandemic self-efficacy

  32 weeks

• Interpersonal problems

  32 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Interactive

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Interactive computerized learning resource

Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Didactic

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Didactic computerized learning resource

Wait list

NO INTERVENTION

Some participants are assigned to an eight week waiting condition prior to the course commencing.

Interventions

Interactive computerized learning resource BEHAVIORAL

In a series of interactive scenarios, participants can "see" themselves in stressful work situations that could arise during an influenza pandemic and reflect on effective ways to work out personal and interpersonal difficulties.

Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Interactive

Didactic computerized learning resource BEHAVIORAL

In a non-interactive format (i.e., a series of audio presentations with accompanying PowerPoint-type slides) participants are given information on how to handle stressful work situations that could arise during an influenza pandemic.

Pandemic Stress Vaccine - Didactic

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• employee or professional staff of a hospital

You may not qualify if:

• unable to read and write English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Maunder RG, Lancee WJ, Balderson KE, Bennett JP, Borgundvaag B, Evans S, Fernandes CM, Goldbloom DS, Gupta M, Hunter JJ, McGillis Hall L, Nagle LM, Pain C, Peczeniuk SS, Raymond G, Read N, Rourke SB, Steinberg RJ, Stewart TE, VanDeVelde-Coke S, Veldhorst GG, Wasylenki DA. Long-term psychological and occupational effects of providing hospital healthcare during SARS outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1924-32. doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060584.

  PMID: 17326946 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological; Communicable Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Infections; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• William J. Lancee, Ph.D.

  MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Robert G. Maunder, M.D.

  MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2009
• First Posted: August 19, 2009
• Study Start: October 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2010
• Study Completion: July 1, 2010
• Last Updated: August 19, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-08

Locations

CA (1)