Actively Recruiting
Swiss Cohort of Health Professionals and Informal Caregivers
Led by Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland · Updated on 2026-01-06
6000
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
221 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Lead Sponsor
I
Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé la Source
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The healthcare system is continuously evolving to adapt to the population's needs, both in terms of healthcare practices, and in financial and organizational aspects. The current COVID-19 pandemic has added additional pressure to the healthcare system and shown its limits in terms of preparedness. It has also shown once again that both healthcare professionals (HCPs) and informal caregivers (ICs) play a central role for the functioning of the healthcare system. An increasing number of studies are alerting on HCPs' situation, regarding their physical and mental health (e.g. emotional exhaustion, professional well-being) on the one hand, and the functioning of the healthcare system (e.g. absenteeism, turnover, career change) on the other hand. Besides healthcare professionals, ICs, defined as "a person in the immediate entourage of an individual whose health and/or autonomy is impaired and who requires assistance with certain \[basic or instrumental\] activities of daily living. The IC provides the person, on a non-professional and informal basis, and on a regular basis, with assistance, care or presence services of varying nature and intensity, designed to compensate for their incapacities or difficulties or to ensure their safety, identity and social ties". Caring for others has shown to have negative impact on the ICs' life, in terms of health-related implications, psychological burden, quality of life, etc. Despite being increasingly recognized as having a key role in the provision of care, they have only been limitedly considered in studies on healthcare professionals. In that context, the investigators develop SCOHPICA project, the Swiss cohort of healthcare professionals and informal caregivers, which is an open prospective national cohort using a concurrent embedded mixed method design. This project targets all types of HCPs and ICs, and will investigate determinants of intent to stay and well-being according to participants' trajectories.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Swiss Cohort of Health Professionals and Informal Caregivers
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Working as a healthcare professional in any profession
- Currently and actively taking care of patients
- Working in any healthcare setting
- Employed as an independent or salaried worker
- Working in Switzerland
- Being an informal caregiver
- Adults aged 18 years and older
You will not qualify if you...
- Retired at baseline
- Unable to read or speak German, French, or Italian
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland, 1010
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Research Team
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Study coordinator
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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