Protocol of the study on emergency health care workers' responses evaluated by Karasek questionnaire : the SEEK‐study protocol

Bouillon‐Minois, Jean-Baptiste and Trousselard, Marion and Pereira, Bruno and Schmidt, Jeannot and Clinchamps, Maelys and Thivel, David and Ugbolue, Ukadike Chris and Moustafa, Farès and Occelli, Céline and Vallet, Guillaume and Dutheil, Frédéric (2021) Protocol of the study on emergency health care workers' responses evaluated by Karasek questionnaire : the SEEK‐study protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (8). 4068. ISSN 1661-7827 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084068)

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Abstract

Background: Stress is a significant public health concern that can be self‐evaluated using the job control demands model from Karasek. Emergency health care workers are particularly exposed to stress because of the intrinsic characteristics associated with the job (i.e., life‐threatening emergencies, overcrowding, lack of bed spaces). However, these attributes have never been studied using the Karasek model. Methods: An observational, prospective, multicentric study in French Emergency Departments will be conducted using a cohort of emergency health care workers. Four questionnaires before a control day and after a nightshift will be assessed every 5 years in the same emergency departments. Also, the Karasek questionnaire, a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale, the Hospital Anxiety, Depression Scale, and a food intake questionnaire will be evaluated. Salivary biomarkers (cortisol, immunoglobulin A, lysozyme) will be collected from every emergency health care worker who consents to participating in the study. Conclusion: This study will provide a point of care for the emergency health care workers' stress situation every 5 years. Ethics: This protocol was registered in Clinical Trials under the identification NCT02401607 after the French Ethics Committee's approval.

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