Relationship Between Health Risk and Occupational Exposure of ED

NCT05651477 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2022-09-044-001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 105
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study established a sub-cohort of emergency medical workers, for the development of health care and disease prevention solution, by identifying epidemiological characteristics and factors related to occupational exposure. Each life-log or environment-log data will be collected by wearable device (e.g. smart-watch) and IoT (e.g. Edge-box). From collected data, relationship between health risks and occupational exposure of emergency medical workers will be determined.

Conditions

Occupational Exposure; Occupational Problems; Occupational Burnout; Medical Emergencies

Keywords

Wearable Device; Smart Watch; Internet of Things; IoT; Personal Health Record; PHR

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Some Change Value of Life-log during the Specific Interval

  Life-log means a record of an individual's daily life. Participants are recommended to wear a watch for at least 10 hours or more a day during work and sleep, while wearing a watch without any special intervention in daily life.

  To access the watch app to transmit the saved data in watch, 2 times a week (Monday and Thursday). There is no specific event, but the time frame is transmitted throughout the study period (December 31, 2023).

• Some Change Value of Environment-log during the Specific Interval

  Environment-log means a continuous record of a working space, and it mainly measures the air quality.

  To transmit the saved data in box, automatically every day. There is no specific event, but the time frame is transmitted throughout the study period (December 31, 2023)

Study Arms (2)

Doctor

Doctors of the Emergency department conduct questionnaires about occupational, mental, physical factors on their health.

Device: Wearable Device (Smart Watch); Device: Edge-Box

Nurses

Nurses of the Emergency department conduct questionnaires about occupational, mental, physical factors on their health.

Device: Wearable Device (Smart Watch); Device: Edge-Box

Interventions

Wearable Device (Smart Watch) DEVICE

A smart watch refers to an embedded system portable watch equipped with improved functions than a general watch, and is almost always in the form of a wrist watch. The device we are using is the Samsung Galaxy 4 (SM-R860/870).

Doctor; Nurses

Edge-Box DEVICE

Edge-Box collects data such as air. The device we are using is the TDS Mfepc-4C2R.

Doctor; Nurses

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Medical workers of the emergency department in the tertiary hospitals in Korea

You may qualify if:

• An Emergency Medical Worker (doctor, nurse) subject recruited from prior cohort construction studies.
• An adult aged 18 or older, who voluntarily agrees and signs.
• A subject who has not experienced occupational disease or damage within four weeks from the time of establishing a sub-cohort.

You may not qualify if:

• An subject who was recruited from prior cohort construction studies, but withdraws the agrees at the time of establishing a sub-cohort
• A subject who does not agree to participate in this study or withdraw the consent after agreement.
• A subject who is not engaged in work, such as leave of absence.
• A subject who has experienced occupational disease or damage within four weeks from the time of establishing a sub-cohort.
• A subject who is legally unable to participate in clinical research or unable to participate in clinical research at the discretion of the investigator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Samsung Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Interventions

Wearable Electronic Devices

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Electrical Equipment and Supplies; Equipment and Supplies

Study Officials

• Taerim Kim

  Samsung Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 30, 2022
• First Posted: December 15, 2022
• Study Start: October 11, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 10, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: December 15, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Locations

KR (1)