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

Burnout and Medical Errors in the Anaesthesiology Fraternity in an Exclusively Covid-19 Hospital: the Malaysian Experience

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Depression; Covid-19; Burnout, Professional; Medical Errors
• Intervention / Treatment: 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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 85

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Malaysia
  • Selangor
    • Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, 47000
      • Sungai Buloh Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All anaesthesiology clinicians serving in Sungai Buloh Hospital, a nationally designated exclusive Covid-19 hospital in Malaysia. All anaesthsiology clinicians are required to serve in the Intensive Care Unit and Operating theatre, in addition to running critical care services in the hospital.

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prevalence of burnout among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	Assessment of burnout risk	One month
Prevalence of depression risk among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	Assessment of depression risk	One month
Prevalence of self-perceived medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	Assessment of medical errors	One month
Association of burnout, depression and medical errors among anaesthesiology clinicians during Covid-19	To find out if there exists a relationship between burnout, depression and medical errors	One month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Malaya
• Collaborators: Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 15, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): May 31, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 23, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 23, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 16, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 12, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; COVID-19; Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: 54753

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No