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A Study Survey of Stress in Anesthesia Personnel (stress)

This study is enrolling participants by invitation only.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Phongthara Vichitvejpaisal", Mahidol University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01500291
First received: December 22, 2011
Last updated: December 27, 2011
Last verified: December 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

It is inevitable that nearly both anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetist take a zero tolerance approach to avoidable safety problems in the provision of anesthesia.

We would like to study the stress upon anesthesia personnel by using Suanprung Stress Test (SST) - a well-documented, psychological stress test, and Siriraj Anesthesia-related Stress Test (SAST) - a new developed open-ended opinion poll, to scrutinize the daily rounds stress and yield the solution to eradicate or alleviate those worries as well as improve both physical and mental health to handle the situation of difficulties.


Condition Intervention
Stress
Anxiety
Depression
 Other: 2 courseware databases.

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Principal Investigator

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Anxiety Depression
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Mahidol University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • scores [ Time Frame: 2 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    A psychologist not directly involves in participants recruitment or contact and locates at a different site performs the interpretation and assessment of the individual stress.


Estimated Enrollment: 639
Study Start Date: April 2012
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2012
Estimated Primary Completion Date: June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts Assigned Interventions
Anesthesiologist Other: 2 courseware databases.
All participant voluntarily response all items in the SST and SAST courseware database.
Other Names:
  • group A
  • group B
Nurse anesthetist Other: 2 courseware databases.
All participant voluntarily response all items in the SST and SAST courseware database.
Other Names:
  • group A
  • group B

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  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Probability Sample
Study Population

Two hundred and eighty six out of 1,000 anesthesiologists and three hundred and fifty three out of 3,000 nurse anesthetists are qualified as the final study group.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists who are currently working in the operating rooms.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • unwilling to join the study
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01500291

Locations
Thailand
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10700
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mahidol University
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Phongthara Vichitvejpaisal, M.D., Ph.D. Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Phongthara Vichitvejpaisal", Principal Investigator, Mahidol University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01500291     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 315/2554(EC3), Si445/2011
Study First Received: December 22, 2011
Last Updated: December 27, 2011
Health Authority: Thailand: Ethical Committee

Keywords provided by Mahidol University:
anesthesia stress

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Depressive Disorder
 Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013