Evaluating the Impact of Resource Navigators to Support Long-term Care and Retirement Home Staff During and Beyond COVID-19

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
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• 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)

• Work in an Ontario Long-term care or retirement home;

• Comfortable speaking and reading English; and

• Access to and willingness to use email for study communications

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
St. Michaels Hospital,
RECRUITING
Toronto
Contact Information
Primary
Christine Fahim, PhD
christine.fahim@unityhealth.to
416-360-4000
Backup
Sharon Sharon Straus, MD
sharon.straus@utoronto.ca
416-864-3068
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-03-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 174
Treatments
No_intervention: Control
Receiving monthly resources only
Experimental: Intervention Group
Receiving sessions with a resource navigator 2x a month, and monthly resources.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), University of Toronto
Leads: Unity Health Toronto

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