Emotional Intelligence Skills Health Leaders Need During Covid-19

December 31, 2020 updated by: African Wood Inc

Emotional Intelligence Skills Leaders and Managers Need to Engage Frontline Healthcare Professionals During Covid-19 Pandemic

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?

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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 Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Kenya
      • Busia, Kenya, 50400
        • Alupe University College

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

25 years to 67 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Experienced healthcare professionals practicing in Busia County Kenya. Their experience, knowledge, and insights in the interface between leaders and frontline healthcare workers will be very helpful to society at large. 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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Experience frontline healthcare professionals working in Busia County of Kenya

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None healthcare professionals
  • healthcare professionals not working in Busia county

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Emotional Intelligence Competences Frontline Healthcare Professional need in their Leaders
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The EI Competences that the participants stated that are needed from their leaders by questioner
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
EI Competence of Participants
Time Frame: 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
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Participant Behavioral Analysis
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Behavioral Outcome by Predictive Index Proprietary scale
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

African Wood Inc

Collaborators

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

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

October 15, 2020

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

May 30, 2021

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 28, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 31, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

January 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

January 5, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 31, 2020

Last Verified

December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IREC/2020/143 AN0003667W500G

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

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.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

The Study report will be published six months after the end of the study. The Behavioral Assessment data, the interview results and the GECO will be depersonalized and made available on request from W500G Inc

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

On specific request and agreement to data safety and participant privacy

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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