Burnout and Medical Errors in the Anaesthesiology Fraternity During Covid-19 Pandemic
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 |
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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
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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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
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Prevalence of burnout among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]
Assessment of burnout risk
- Prevalence of depression risk among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]
Assessment of depression risk
- Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19 [One month]
Assessment of medical errors
- 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
Inclusion criteria
- All anaesthesiologists and anaesthesiology medical officers currently serving in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sungai Buloh Hospital
Exclusion criteria
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Subjects who refuse to participate
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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 | |
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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
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