Emotional Intelligence Skills Health Leaders Need During Covid-19
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Problem The study will address the problem that no studies have established the Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills required by leaders and managers to engage frontline healthcare professionals in crisis situation like Covid19 in Kenya Purpose The purpose of the qualitative exploratory study is to identify the EI skills Leaders and managers need to engage Frontline Healthcare Professionals in Crisis.
The Research Question is:
What are the EI skills leaders and managers need to engage frontline healthcare professionals (FHP) during crisis situations such as the Covid19 pandemic?
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Detailed Description
Hypothesis The Study hypothesis that Leaders and managers with appropriate emotional intelligence skills will engage frontline healthcare professionals in crisis situations resulting in desired outcomes Data Collection The data collection will start with a primer survey on surveymonkey.com, behavioral and cognitive assessments through The Predictive Index, emotional intelligence competence assessments through emco4.com, followed by semi-structured face to face or virtual interviews with the participants. The Survey data, Assessments and the transcribed semi-structured interviews will be depersonalized and made available for subsequent researchers. The Videos if any will be destroyed three years after transcription.
Participants The 20 Participants will be selected from the population. The Study population is the number of experienced frontline healthcare professionals working in Busia County of Kenya. The County Department of Health will help in recruiting participants from doctors, nurses, and other frontline healthcare professionals.
Data Analysis The Data will be analyzed using DiscoverText.com cloud-based platform applying two rounds of coding: first in Vivo coding will be applied then prior codes will be enforced. The Vivo codes will be in the participant's word and voice. Eight priori codes will be adopted from EI literature.
Societal Benefits Society needs healthcare professionals to deal with crisis situations that place them in imperilment. The leaders have constraints of resources, time and advanced knowledge. This study seeks to seek out EI skills that will enable leaders to engage healthcare professionals while recognizing the humanity in them.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Emotional Intelligence Skills study among frontline HCW managing Covid19 in Busia Kenya Researchers from Alupe University College will select study participants as follows 6 Clinical officers, 2 nurses, 1 nutritionist, 1 lab technician, 2 lab technologists, 7 members on the sub county surveillance Matayos, Teso north and Bunyala 2 from UHC office |
Behavioral: EI Open ended Pre-Survey and Semi Structured Interview
Provide Interview questions via online survey with informed consent to the participants then contact a 60 minute member checking interview in person or virtually via recorded Zoom sessions for each participant
Behavioral: Behavioral and Cognitive Assessment
Use Predictive index for both cognitive and behavioral assessment of the paticipants
Behavioral: Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECO)
Administer the Geneva Emotional Competence Test to each participant
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Emotional Intelligence Competences Frontline Healthcare Professional need in their Leaders [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
The EI Competences that the participants stated that are needed from their leaders by questioner
Secondary Outcome Measures
- EI Competence of Participants [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
The Geneva Emotional Competence (GECO) test measure of EI for each participant compared the stated EI needed by Leaders
- Participant Behavioral Analysis [through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Behavioral Outcome by Predictive Index Proprietary scale
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Experience frontline healthcare professionals working in Busia County of Kenya
Exclusion Criteria:
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None healthcare professionals
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healthcare professionals not working in Busia county
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Alupe University College | Busia | Kenya | 50400 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- African Wood Inc
- Alupe University College
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Fabian Esamai, PhD, Alupe University College
- Principal Investigator: William Okedi, PhD, Alupe University College
- Study Director: David F AMAKOBE, DBA, W500G Inc - Contract Research Organization
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Boyatzis RE. The Behavioral Level of Emotional Intelligence and Its Measurement. Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 13;9:1438. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01438. eCollection 2018. Review.
- Brackett MA, Salovey P. Measuring emotional intelligence with the Mayer-Salovery-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). Psicothema. 2006;18 Suppl:34-41. Review.
- Ng JY, Ntoumanis N, Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Deci EL, Ryan RM, Duda JL, Williams GC. Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2012 Jul;7(4):325-40. doi: 10.1177/1745691612447309.
- Roth G, Vansteenkiste M, Ryan RM. Integrative emotion regulation: Process and development from a self-determination theory perspective. Dev Psychopathol. 2019 Aug;31(3):945-956. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419000403. Epub 2019 May 22. Review.
- Schlegel K, Mortillaro M. The Geneva Emotional Competence Test (GECo): An ability measure of workplace emotional intelligence. J Appl Psychol. 2019 Apr;104(4):559-580. doi: 10.1037/apl0000365. Epub 2018 Oct 22.
- IREC/2020/143 AN0003667W500G