Corona And Manual Professions (CAMP)

COVID-19 Pandemic and Small Businesses in the Health Care Sector - Work Environment, Health and Economy of Swedish Chiropractors and Naprapaths

This observational study will follow the chiropractors and naprapaths in Sweden to study how work environment, health, and economy is changing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Covid19

Detailed Description

All manual therapists that are members of a professional organization in Sweden will be invited to participate. The study started in November 2020 with follow-ups planned after 3,6 and 12 months.

All data-collection is taking place with digital questionnaires.

There are three main areas of interest:

1. Work environment (knowledge about viral contageon, protection, availability of protective measures, disturbances in care for patients)
2. Health (physical and psychological, how many caught the virus?)
3. Economy (income, costs, turnover)

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 703

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Sweden
  • Stockholm, Sweden, 171 77
    • Karolinska Institutet

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Manual therapists, clinically active in Sweden

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chiropractor or naprapath working in Sweden
• clinically active
• belonging to a professional organization

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Work environment	Changes in routines according to the pandemic This includes systematic work environment routines, cleaning, wearing protective gear, not treating patients belonging to certain risk categories, changing appointment scheduling etc. There are no validated questionnaires to examine these concepts, as we have not experienced a pandemic in modern times, so the questions are constructed by the research group.	12 months
Physical Health -Pain	Physical pain using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire	12 months
Psychological Health -depression	Depression assessed with DASS-21	12 months
Psychological Health -sleep	Sleep will be assessed using Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire.	12 months
Economy	Changes in company turnover. For clinic owners, this measure is assessing income and cost, estimated by clinic owners, There are no validated questionnaires to examine these concepts, as we have not experienced a pandemic in modern times, so the questions are constructed by the research group.	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
• Collaborators: Sophiahemmet University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Iben Axén, Karolinska Institutet

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 2, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 31, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): April 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 6, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): April 8, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 3, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 2, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19
• Other Study ID Numbers: KIIMMRIAII

Drug and device information, study documents

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