Burnout and Medical Errors in the Anaesthesiology Fraternity During Covid-19 Pandemic

Sponsor
University of Malaya (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT04362319
Collaborator
Ministry of Health, Malaysia (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

We plan to perform an observational study to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, depression and medical errors in a designated exclusive Covid-19 patients hospital in Malaysia, during the Covid-19 pandemic. We also seek to assess the relationship between burnout and depression with medical errors. The population studied will be the anaesthesiology fraternity, who are at higher risk to the nature of their work at the frontlines of the pandemic.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Diagnostic Test: Questionnaire forms

Detailed Description

During this unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic crisis in the whole world, Malaysia is also affected, with more than 5000 patients infected in the whole country as of 20th April, 2020. Many anaesthesiology clinicians, who are at the frontlines of managing Covid-19 patients, face increased workload, in addition to psychological stress from managing these patients, with stress also coming from being exposed to the risk of cross infection. Hence, they are possibly at high risk of burnout and depression. In such a time of increased stress, we also seek to find out the prevalence of medical errors by anaesthetic clinicians during this pandemic, and whether the medical errors are associated with burnout. Factors associated with burnout, depression and medical errors will also be evaluated.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
85 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Cross-Sectional
Official Title:
Burnout and Medical Errors in the Anaesthesiology Fraternity in an Exclusively Covid-19 Hospital: the Malaysian Experience
Actual Study Start Date :
May 15, 2020
Actual Primary Completion Date :
May 31, 2020
Actual Study Completion Date :
May 31, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Anaesthesiology clinicians

Including Consultants, Specialists and Medical officers serving in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

Diagnostic Test: Questionnaire forms
Assessment of demographics, burnout, depression and self-perceived medical errors

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Prevalence of burnout among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]

    Assessment of burnout risk

  2. Prevalence of depression risk among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]

    Assessment of depression risk

  3. Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]

    Assessment of medical errors

  4. Association of burnout, depression and medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]

    To find out if there exists a relationship between burnout, depression and medical errors

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. All anaesthesiologists and anaesthesiology medical officers currently serving in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sungai Buloh Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  1. Subjects who refuse to participate

  2. Subjects working in Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sungai Buloh Hospital, for less than 1 month

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Sungai Buloh Hospital Sungai Buloh Selangor Malaysia 47000

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • University of Malaya
  • Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Samuel E H Tsan, MD, BMedSc, Doctor, University of Malaya
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04362319
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 54753
First Posted:
Apr 24, 2020
Last Update Posted:
Jun 16, 2020
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2020
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 16, 2020