Polish University are making the assessment of Stress, Depression and Anxiety in Healthcare Caring for patients with COVID-19

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Jagiellonian University is recruiting patients for the clinical trial of Assessment of Stress, Depression and Anxiety in Healthcare Caring for Patients With COVID-19.

Medical personnel working in the Intensive Care Unit will be examined by means of tests. Their aim is to check how work-related stress in a potentially lethal threat affects the occurrence of depression, stress, anxiety and sleep disorders. The researchers also want to check whether people working in such extremely difficult conditions show no greater interest in death.
Everyday medical staff working in very difficult conditions of intensive care. The COVID-19 virus outbreak has set another difficult task for doctors and nurses who have previously had a lot of contact with the death of their patients. The appearance of the COVID-19 virus and, above all, the inability to effectively treat the infection causes an additional psychological stimulus in medical personnel.

The aim of the study is to assess the occurrence of psychiatric disorders in medical personnel dealing with patients suffering from COVID-19 using various psychological tests.

The study will take place at the University Hospital in Cracow, Krakow, Poland.

The adult employees of the Intensive Care Unit, agreeing to undergo the tests are involved in the process of recruitment.

The Jagiellonian University is a research university in Krakow, Poland. In 2019, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) placed the university within the 301–400 band globally.

The page dedicated to this clinical trial can be found here: https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04631497.