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Evaluating the Impact of Resource Navigators to Support LTC and RH Staff During and Beyond COVID-19

Burnout, Professional | Wellness | Vaccine Refusal | COVID-19 | Burnout, Caregiver

The goal of this clinical trial is to test how well resource navigators help long-term care and retirement home staff access the various health and wellness resources available to them and the effects that this has on their health and wellness overall. The main questions it aims to answer are:

- How does one-on-one support from a resource navigator affect the wellness of long-term care and retirement home staff, including burnout, vaccination status, and COVID-19 infection? Researchers will compare participants in the intervention group (where participants are paired with a resource navigator) and the control group (where participants are not paired with a resource navigator) to see the impact access to a resource navigator has on wellness (primary outcome), burnout, knowledge of, access to and use of wellness resources, knowledge/alignment with provincial public health guidelines related to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine outcomes, SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization, and death (secondary outcomes).

Hypothesis: Researchers anticipate that those in the intervention group (have access to a resource navigator) will report a higher positive change in wellness between baseline and 6 months.

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Participation Requirements

  • Sex:

    ALL

  • Eligible Ages:

    18 and up

Participation Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. A fulltime or part-time employee aged 18 years and older identified as a Long-Term Care and Retirement Home staff (PSW's and other support service staff in those in nutrition, housekeeping and laundry)
2. Work in an Ontario Long-term care or retirement home;
3. Comfortable speaking and reading English; and
4. Access to and willingness to use email for study communications

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Do not identify as or are not employed as a PSW and other support service staff;
2. Do not work in an Ontario long-term care or retirement home;
3. Uncomfortable speaking or reading English; and
4. Do not have access to or unwillingness to use email for study communications

Study Location

St. Michaels Hospital,
St. Michaels Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Contact Study Team

Primary Contact

Lames Danok, BSc

[email protected]
Study Sponsored By
Unity Health Toronto
Participants Required
More Information
Study ID: NCT05677997