Protocol of the Study on Emergency Health Care Workers’ Responses Evaluated by Karasek Questionnaire: The SEEK-Study Protocol

Background: Stress is a significant public health concern that can be self-evaluated using the job control demands model from Karasek. Emergency care workers are particularly exposed to stress because of intrinsic characteristics associated with (i.e., life-threatening emergencies, overcrowding, lack bed spaces). However, these attributes have never been studied Karasek model. Methods: An observational, prospective, multicentric study in French Departments will conducted cohort emergency workers. Four questionnaires before day and after nightshift assessed every 5 years same departments. Also, questionnaire, sociodemographic Maslach Burnout Inventory scale, Hospital Anxiety, Depression Scale, food intake questionnaire evaluated. Salivary biomarkers (cortisol, immunoglobulin A, lysozyme) collected worker who consents participating study. Conclusion: This provide point for workers’ situation years. Ethics: protocol was registered Clinical Trials under identification NCT02401607 Ethics Committee’s approval.