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Hello Visitor,
We invite each of you to participate in a research questionnaire on the psychological effects of COVID on health care workers. This project is driven by A/Prof. Natasha Smallwood & Prof Karen Willis from Royal Melbourne Hospital. Please see below for more information.
The board would like to acknowledge our Victorian colleagues who have been working hard during these extremely difficult times. Please know that you have the support of the rest of your society behind you.
Stay safe and take care!
ANZSRS board.
COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers Study:
Future proofing the frontline: Investigating psychosocial and mental
health needs of frontline health workers during COVID-19 and beyond
Our research team, which represents multiple universities and healthcare organisations, and importantly includes frontline health care workers, is undertaking a research survey to investigate the extent of mental health, psychosocial and workplace issues experienced by frontline health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As frontline health staff work in stressful environments under usual working conditions, it is crucial that we understand the additional burdens that crises such as pandemics generate and how best support programs can respond to these events.
From this study, we hope to understand the strategies and mental health services used and desired by frontline health workers in times of crisis. We will use this information to make recommendations to address these needs during future crisis events.
This survey is open to medical, nursing, allied health, clinical scientists and physiologists, and other staff working in frontline health departments including: emergency, critical care, respiratory medicine, general medicine, infectious diseases, palliative care and hospital aged care. However people working in other areas are also welcome to participate if they wish to
We are particularly keen to hear from staff working in Victoria and South Australia, however, the survey is open to people in all states. Data collected will remain anonymous and unidentifiable, and will only be accessed by the investigators of this study. The study has received ethics approval from the Melbourne Health Human Research Ethics Committee.
Please click on the link below to find out more information and commence the survey:
https://covid-19-frontline.com.au
https://redcap.link/futureproofing
We are aware that asking health workers to reflect on the changes that have occurred during the pandemic may cause some distress, and we encourage health workers to seek support if this is the case. Most workplaces will have resources such as the Employee Assistance Scheme available, or may have specific hotlines where staff can seek assistance.We also recommend the telephone support lines, web based resources and apps offered by the following organisations:
Please feel free to contact us if you would like further information or would like to discuss the project. Thank you very much for your support.
Kind regards,
Prof Karen Willis & Assoc Prof Natasha Smallwood
k.willis@latrobe.edu.au natasha.smallwood@mh.org.au
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