Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Student Nurses (StudentCov)

Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Student Nurses :Prevalence and Risk Factors of Acute Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms 1 Month After the Epidemic Peak

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared in early 2020 the emergence of a new highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for a global public health emergency. In France, the first cases of contamination have been reported since the end of January 2020, and the first death in mid-February 2020. Then, data published by Public Healh France reported an increasing and rapidly exponential number of contaminations. First cases have been identified on a cluster mode, then rapidly spreading in some French departments and regions, indicating rapid kinetics of virus spread. Given the magnitude of the situation both French territory and neighboring European territories (mainly Italy), the government mobilized the entire health system to critically manage this epidemic. This exceptional and unprecedented pandemic deeply impacted the health structures, disrupting healthcare organizations. All caregivers, including all student nurses, actively participated in the mobilization and strengthening of care teams. The health crisis exposed the population of caregivers to potentially traumatic events which can have major repercussions on their health state. The description and identification of the risk factors of the occurrence of post traumatic stress disorders in student nurses during the health crisis would allow to provide avenues for improving training devices and to facilitate health workers access to specific psychological care particularly dedicated to the student nurses population needs.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: COVID-19; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Nurse; Student

Detailed Description

Describe the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among student nurses 1 month after the end of the French epidemic Covid-19 peak

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2000

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Le Chesnay, France
    • Versailles Hospital
  • Toulouse, France
    • Toulouse University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All French Student Nurses

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age>18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Opposition to participate to the questionnaire

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Prevalence of PTSD-related symptoms assessed by the IES-R	Proportion of students with IES-R> 22 PTSD-related symptoms. Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R) is a 22-item self-report measure that assesses subjective distress caused by traumatic events. ... The IES-R yields a total score (ranging from 0 to 88) and subscale scores can also be calculated for the Intrusion, Avoidance, and Hyperarousal subscales.	1 month after the end of the French epidemic Covid-19 peak

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PTSD-related symptoms assessed by the IES-R in the total population of students nurses	IES-R> 22 PTSD-related symptoms in the total population of students nurses( 3 years training)	1 month after the end of the French epidemic Covid-19 peak
PTSD-related symptoms assessed by the IES-R according to student's years of school	IES-R> 22 PTSD-related symptoms in each population of students nurses of first-, second-, and third-year.	1 month after the end of the French epidemic Covid-19 peak

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Versailles Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 12, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 31, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 26, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): November 19, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 18, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: covid-19; student nurses; post tramatic stress disorder
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; COVID-19; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Other Study ID Numbers: P17/04_StudentCov

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