Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19COVecuNCT04625296
Behaviour and Experience of Communities Healthcare Professionals Facing the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Epidemic
An observational study of Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to identify behaviours and experiences of communities healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists) in the management of the SARS-CoV 2 epidemic by identifying the impact of the epidemic on their work, their personal life and the difficulties they had experienced. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19
- What is being tested?
- Semi-directive interview and Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving Scale
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 62 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 17 Sep 2020to 12 Jan 2021
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: The population of healthcare workers will be selected through Territorial Professional Health Communities (TPHC). These TPHC are organizations designed around a health project and formed on the initiative of city health professionals based on a territory defined by the professionals themselves.
Who may be able to join
- Communities Health professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapist)
- Be integrate to a Territorial Professional Health Communities (TPHC)
- Having managed patients during the COVID-19 epidemic
Who cannot join
- Health professionals working in the hospital sector
- Health Students (medical, nursing, physiotherapy)
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Behaviour and Experience of Communities Healthcare Professionals Facing the SARS CoV-2 Epidemic
The purpose of this study is to identify behaviours and experiences of communities healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists) in the management of the SARS-CoV 2 epidemic by identifying the impact of the epidemic on their work, their personal life and the difficulties they had experienced.
Read the detailed description
Given the overcrowding in hospital services, the management of the health crisis linked to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic relies in particular on the Territorial Professional Health Communities, which include doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. The challenge of caring for patients in a health system described as suffering, raises questions about the experience of the epidemic at all levels of action. To our knowledge, there is no information to date on the experience of the health crisis of urban health professionals in terms of the impact on their professional and personal lives and the difficulties encountered.
Using a mixed, cross-sectional, observational and multicentric methodology, the aim of this study, lasting a total of 12 months, is to identify the impact on professional and personal life as well as the difficulties experienced by doctors, nurses and physiotherapists working in private practice in connection with a CPTS involved in the management of the health crisis.
Semi-directive interviews, lasting a maximum of 45 minutes, will be carried out with doctors, nurses and physiotherapists integrated into a CPTS and digitally recorded audio digitally and then transcribed literally and in full. They will be conducted by the researcher participating in the study. The transcribed interviews will be anonymised and kept in an office of the Clinical Research Unit Paris Centre in order to carry out the analysis as the interviews are carried out. Following the interview, the participant will be asked to answer the "Preparedness for Caregiving Scale" composed of 8 questions, each evaluated by a 4-level Likert scale. Over a planned inclusion period of 3 months, 75 health professionals (25 doctors, 25 nurses, 25 physiotherapists) will be included. The evaluation criteria of the study will be: i) The diversity of themes extracted during the analysis of the interviews, leading after analysis to a set of meta-themes describing all the experience stories ii) The score on 24 of the "Preparedness for Caregiving Scale".
This study will allow an enrichment of knowledge about the impact of the health crisis on professional and personal life and the difficulties encountered by urban health professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists). But also the identification of the key needs of self-employed health professionals in the management of a health crisis, both in terms of health care skills and in terms of organisation and communication between the various players. Finally, this study will make it possible to identify the traumas experienced and/or felt by self-employed health professionals and the possible consequences of these traumas.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19
- Being tested
- Semi-directive interview, Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving Scale
- Keywords
- Healthcare worker ,, COVID-19, behaviour
- Medical subject headings
- COVID-19, Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Semi-directive interviewBehavioural
Semi-directive interview, lasting a maximum of 45 minutes
Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving ScaleBehavioural
Preparedness for Caregiving Scale - 8 questions
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare professional | Communities Health professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapist) Working in the city, In metropolitan France, Having managed patients with COVID-19 Receives: Behavioral: Semi-directive interview; Behavioral: Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving Scale |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Diversity of themes extracted about care situations management of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The greatest possible diversity of themes extracted during the analysis of interviews. Identifying the impact of the epidemic of healthcare worker, their personal life and the difficulties they had experienced
Measured: 1 Day
Secondary outcomes (1)
Preparedness for caregiving scale (PCS)
8 questions, each evaluated by a 4-level Likert scale (min 0; max 32) higher scores mean better outcome
Measured: 1 Day
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Nov 2020
- Study start17 Sep 2020
- Primary completion12 Jan 2021
- Study completion12 Jan 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 62 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Flora DEVOS, Nurse MSC PhD, Study director, APHP
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04625296
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- APHP200512
- Acronym
- COVecu
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 10 Nov 2020
- Last updated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Behaviour and Experience of Communities Healthcare Professionals Facing the SARS CoV-2 Epidemic
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04625296
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- COVecu / APHP200512
- Conditions
- Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19
- Keywords
- Healthcare worker ,, COVID-19, behaviour
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 62 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Study start
- 17 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 12 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 12 Jan 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 Nov 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to identify behaviours and experiences of communities healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists) in the management of the SARS-CoV 2 epidemic by identifying the impact of the epidemic on their work, their personal life and the difficulties they had experienced.
Detailed description
Given the overcrowding in hospital services, the management of the health crisis linked to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic relies in particular on the Territorial Professional Health Communities, which include doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. The challenge of caring for patients in a health system described as suffering, raises questions about the experience of the epidemic at all levels of action. To our knowledge, there is no information to date on the experience of the health crisis of urban health professionals in terms of the impact on their professional and personal lives and the difficulties encountered.
Using a mixed, cross-sectional, observational and multicentric methodology, the aim of this study, lasting a total of 12 months, is to identify the impact on professional and personal life as well as the difficulties experienced by doctors, nurses and physiotherapists working in private practice in connection with a CPTS involved in the management of the health crisis.
Semi-directive interviews, lasting a maximum of 45 minutes, will be carried out with doctors, nurses and physiotherapists integrated into a CPTS and digitally recorded audio digitally and then transcribed literally and in full. They will be conducted by the researcher participating in the study. The transcribed interviews will be anonymised and kept in an office of the Clinical Research Unit Paris Centre in order to carry out the analysis as the interviews are carried out. Following the interview, the participant will be asked to answer the "Preparedness for Caregiving Scale" composed of 8 questions, each evaluated by a 4-level Likert scale. Over a planned inclusion period of 3 months, 75 health professionals (25 doctors, 25 nurses, 25 physiotherapists) will be included. The evaluation criteria of the study will be: i) The diversity of themes extracted during the analysis of the interviews, leading after analysis to a set of meta-themes describing all the experience stories ii) The score on 24 of the "Preparedness for Caregiving Scale".
This study will allow an enrichment of knowledge about the impact of the health crisis on professional and personal life and the difficulties encountered by urban health professionals (doctors, nurses and physiotherapists). But also the identification of the key needs of self-employed health professionals in the management of a health crisis, both in terms of health care skills and in terms of organisation and communication between the various players. Finally, this study will make it possible to identify the traumas experienced and/or felt by self-employed health professionals and the possible consequences of these traumas.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare professional | – | Behavioral: Semi-directive interview, Behavioral: Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving ScaleCommunities Health professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapist) Working in the city, In metropolitan France, Having managed patients with COVID-19 |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- The population of healthcare workers will be selected through Territorial Professional Health Communities (TPHC). These TPHC are organizations designed around a health project and formed on the initiative of city health professionals based on a territory defined by the professionals themselves.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Communities Health professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapist)
- Be integrate to a Territorial Professional Health Communities (TPHC)
- Having managed patients during the COVID-19 epidemic
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Health professionals working in the hospital sector
- Health Students (medical, nursing, physiotherapy)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-directive interviewSemi-directive interview, lasting a maximum of 45 minutes | Behavioural | Healthcare professional |
| Questionnaire : Preparedness for Caregiving ScalePreparedness for Caregiving Scale - 8 questions | Behavioural | Healthcare professional |
Primary outcome
Diversity of themes extracted about care situations management of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Time frame: 1 Day
The greatest possible diversity of themes extracted during the analysis of interviews. Identifying the impact of the epidemic of healthcare worker, their personal life and the difficulties they had experienced
1 secondary outcome
Preparedness for caregiving scale (PCS)
Time frame: 1 Day
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 Mar 2026.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Flora DEVOS, Nurse MSC PhD study director
APHP
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Healthcare Worker Facing COVID-19, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Diversity of themes extracted about care situations management of the COVID-19 epidemic. (time frame: 1 Day). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Mar 2026.