The COVID-ICU Healthcare Professional Study

NCT04372056 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 136144
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 484
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The project is a longitudinal cohort study based on an electronic questionnaire on views and experiences of COVID-ICU Health care professionals during the pandemic. In addition, a few of the informants participating in the cohort study will be asked to participate in focus groups to get a deeper understanding of the experiences of Health care professionals. Leaders at the randomized hospitals will be asked to participate in individualized interviews.

Conditions

COVID-19; Critical Care; Intensive Care Units; Health Personnel

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Views and experiences of health care professionals working in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Health care professionals working in COVID-ICUs

  1 year

Interventions

Views and experiences of health care professionals working in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic BEHAVIORAL

Health care professionals

Also known as: COVID-ICU Health Care Professionals

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The longitudinal cohort study will collect data from all consenting health care professionals in COVID-ICUs in Norway during the pandemic with 3- and 12-months follow-up on a combined electronic consent form and questionnaire that the informants will fill in using a computer and an electronic identification. A few of the informants (medical doctors, nurses, leaders) participating in the cohort study will randomly (computerized) be asked to participate in focus groups during the 12-months study follow-up. Leaders at the randomized hospitals will be asked to participate in individualized interviews.

You may qualify if:

• All health care professionals (nurses, medical doctors, leaders) working in all COVID-ICUs in Norway will be invited to participate in this project.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oslo University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Oslo university hospital

Oslo, Norway

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Hovland IS, Skogstad L, Stafseth S, Hem E, Diep LM, Raeder J, Ekeberg O, Lie I. Prevalence of psychological distress in nurses, physicians and leaders working in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national one-year follow-up study. BMJ Open. 2023 Dec 22;13(12):e075190. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075190.

  PMID: 38135308 DERIVED

• Lie I, Stafseth S, Skogstad L, Hovland IS, Hovde H, Ekeberg O, Raeder J. Healthcare professionals in COVID-19-intensive care units in Norway: preparedness and working conditions: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2021 Oct 11;11(10):e049135. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049135.

  PMID: 34635518 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Irene Lie, PhD

  Oslo University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator, RN, CCN,PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 29, 2020
• First Posted: May 1, 2020
• Study Start: May 6, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 4, 2021
• Study Completion: June 4, 2021
• Last Updated: November 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)