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COVID-19 survey burden for health care workers: literature review and audit.
Gnanapragasam, S N; Hodson, A; Smith, L E; Greenberg, N; Rubin, G J; Wessely, S.
  • Gnanapragasam SN; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Electronic address: sam.gnanapragasam@slam.nhs.uk.
  • Hodson A; Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Smith LE; Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Greenberg N; Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Rubin GJ; Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Wessely S; Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Public Health ; 206: 94-101, 2022 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1821458
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

Concerns have been raised about the quantity and quality of research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly related to the mental health and wellbeing of health care workers (HCWs). For understanding the volume, source, methodological rigour and degree of overlap in COVID-19, studies were conducted among HCWs in the United Kingdom (UK). STUDY

DESIGN:

Mixed methods approach, literature review and audit.

METHODS:

First, a literature review of published research studies and second, an audit of studies HCWs have been invited to complete. For the literature review, we searched Medline, PsycINFO and Nexis, webpages of three medical organisations (Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Nursing and British Medical Association), and the YouGov website. For the audit, a non-random purposive sample of six HCWs from different London NHS Trusts reviewed email, WhatsApp and SMS messages they received for study invitations.

RESULTS:

The literature review identified 27 studies; the audit identified 70 study invitations. Studies identified by the literature review were largely of poor methodological rigour only eight studies (30%) provided response rate, one study (4%) reported having ethical approval, and one study (4%) reported funding details. There was substantial overlap in the topics measured. In the audit, volunteers received a median of 12 invitations. The largest number of study invitations were for national surveys (n = 23), followed by local surveys (n = 16) and research surveys (n = 8).

CONCLUSION:

HCWs have been asked to complete numerous surveys that frequently have methodological shortcomings and overlapping aims. Many studies do not follow scientific good-practice and generate questionable, non-generalisable results.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Attitude of Health Personnel / Health Personnel / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Attitude of Health Personnel / Health Personnel / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article