PMID- 33290246 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210127 IS - 1929-0748 (Print) IS - 1929-0748 (Electronic) IS - 1929-0748 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jan 19 TI - Mental Health and Burnout Syndrome Among Postgraduate Students in Medical and Multidisciplinary Residencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. PG - e24298 LID - 10.2196/24298 [doi] LID - e24298 AB - BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to high levels of physical, psychological, and social stress among health care professionals, including postgraduate students in medical and multidisciplinary residencies. This stress is associated with the intense fear of occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus known to cause COVID-19. These professionals are at risk of developing physical and mental illnesses not only due to the infection but also due to prolonged exposure to multidimensional stress and continued work overload. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of mental disorders and burnout syndrome and determine the risk factors for burnout among postgraduate students in medical and multidisciplinary residencies in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: For this prospective cohort study with parallel groups, participants were recruited between July and September 2020 to achieve a sample size of at least 1144 participants. Research instruments such as Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale; Patient Health Questionnaire; Brief Resilient Coping Scale; and Oldenburg Burnout Inventory will be used to collect data. Data will be collected in 2 waves: the first wave will include data related to sample characterization and psychosocial evaluation, and the second wave will be launched 12 weeks later and will include an evaluation of the incidence of burnout as well as correlations with the potential predictive factors collected in the first wave. Additionally, we will collect data regarding participants' withdrawal from work. RESULTS: The recruitment took place from July 29 to September 5, 2020. Data analyses for this phase is already in progress. The second phase of the study is also in progress. The final data collection began on December 1, 2020, and it will be completed by December 31, 2020. CONCLUSIONS: We believe the findings of this study will help evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health conditions of health professionals in Brazil as well as contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriate measures that can alleviate these mental health challenges. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/24298. CI - (c)Rebeca Da Nobrega Lucena Pinho, Thais Ferreira Costa, Nayane Miranda Silva, Adriana F Barros-Areal, Andre De Mattos Salles, Andrea Pedrosa Oliveira, Carlos Rassi, Caroline Elizabeth Brero Valero, Ciro Martins Gomes, Dayde Mendonca-Silva, Fernando Oliveira, Isadora Jochims, Ivan Ranulfo, Juliana De Brito Seixas Neves, Lucas Oliveira, Maria Nogueira Dantas, Marta Rosal, Mayra Soares, Patricia Kurizky, Viviane Uliana Peterle, Yasmin Furtado Faro, Ana Paula Gomides, Licia da Mota, Cleandro Albuquerque, Cezar Kozak Simaan, Veronica M Amado. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 19.01.2021. FAU - Pinho, Rebeca Da Nobrega Lucena AU - Pinho RDNL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3698-8287 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Costa, Thais Ferreira AU - Costa TF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1309-7994 AD - Secretaria de Estado de Saude do Distrito Federal - SES DF, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Silva, Nayane Miranda AU - Silva NM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8795-0997 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Barros-Areal, Adriana F AU - Barros-Areal AF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6479-1433 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Secretaria de Estado de Saude do Distrito Federal - SES DF, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Salles, Andre De Mattos AU - Salles AM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7436-7161 AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Andrea Pedrosa AU - Oliveira AP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6098-9170 AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Rassi, Carlos AU - Rassi C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1778-9557 AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Valero, Caroline Elizabeth Brero AU - Valero CEB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8306-5322 AD - Empresa Brasileira de Servicos Hospitalares - EBSERH, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Gomes, Ciro Martins AU - Gomes CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3069-6884 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Nucleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Mendonca-Silva, Dayde AU - Mendonca-Silva D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5653-7411 AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Fernando AU - Oliveira F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3712-4739 AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Jochims, Isadora AU - Jochims I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3932-3777 AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Ranulfo, Ivan AU - Ranulfo I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3645-8633 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Neves, Juliana De Brito Seixas AU - Neves JBS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0918-9255 AD - Empresa Brasileira de Servicos Hospitalares - EBSERH, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Lucas AU - Oliveira L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6929-0454 AD - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasilia FM-UnB., Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Dantas, Maria Nogueira AU - Dantas MN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5648-0515 AD - Empresa Brasileira de Servicos Hospitalares - EBSERH, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Rosal, Marta AU - Rosal M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0680-7772 AD - Universidade Federal do Piaui - UFPI, Teresina, Brazil. FAU - Soares, Mayra AU - Soares M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0796-5123 AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Kurizky, Patricia AU - Kurizky P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5759-2727 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Peterle, Viviane Uliana AU - Peterle VU AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1693-242X AD - Escola Superior de Ciencias da Saude / ESCS, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Faro, Yasmin Furtado AU - Faro YF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4923-1793 AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Gomides, Ana Paula AU - Gomides AP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2884-2210 AD - Centro Universitario de Brasilia - Uniceub, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - da Mota, Licia AU - da Mota L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8182-5121 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Albuquerque, Cleandro AU - Albuquerque C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9245-7504 AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Medicas FM-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Hospital Universitario de Brasilia - HUB-UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Simaan, Cezar Kozak AU - Simaan CK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7157-6256 AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Amado, Veronica M AU - Amado VM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4253-4935 AD - Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasilia, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210119 PL - Canada TA - JMIR Res Protoc JT - JMIR research protocols JID - 101599504 PMC - PMC7817252 OTO - NOTNLM OT - COVID-19 OT - anxiety OT - burnout OT - burnout syndrome OT - cohort OT - health care professional OT - medical residency OT - medical student OT - mental health OT - multidisciplinary residency OT - prospective OT - stress COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared. EDAT- 2020/12/09 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/09 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/19 CRDT- 2020/12/08 17:16 PHST- 2020/09/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/08 17:16 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - v10i1e24298 [pii] AID - 10.2196/24298 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jan 19;10(1):e24298. doi: 10.2196/24298.