Hospital staff and emergency personnel are expected to suffer impaired psychological outcomes during a pandemic in terms of Quality of Life, anxiety, depression or other outcomes. The Covid-19 pandemic is a threat for both somatic and psychological health, therefore the impact of the impairment of this event on psychological parameters has to be assessed.
Hospital staff and emergency personell are confronted with severe and life-threatening situations, therefore this group is considered to be at risk for impaired psychological health. A pandemic such as the Covid-19 endemic is suggested to severely impair the psychological state of this profession, amongst others Quality of life, anxiety, depression and other parameters. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the impact of impairment due to this global threat on the psychological health of health care providers. We therefore designed this study to evaluate baseline psychological characteristics and to re-assess those values in an interval of 60 days.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
No intervention, just of questionnaire including validated tests
University Hospital Essen
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
PCL5 Questionnaire
Validated 20-items questionnaire for PTSD
Time frame: 14 days
BSI - Brief symptom inventory
The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a 53-item screener for mental health problems with 9 subscales.
Time frame: 14 days
PHQD
Instrument for psychological diagnostics, able to test the severity of mental disorders and the success of their treatment
Time frame: 14 days
WHO - QoL BREF
Qol Questionnaire, assessed QoL with respect to the individual's perceptions in the context of culture and value systems.
Time frame: 14 days
STAXI
The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory is used to measure the expressions \& control of anger
Time frame: 14 days
AUDIT questionnaire
The AUDIT questionnaire is designed to help in the self assessment of alcohol consumption
Time frame: 14 days
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