Exploring the Well-being of Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Study

Jenny J W Liu ^{1, 2}, PhD; Anthony Nazarov ^{1, 2}, PhD; Rachel A Plouffe ^{1, 2}, PhD; Callista A Forchuk ¹, MSc; Erisa Deda ¹, MHIS; Dominic Gargala ¹, BSc; Tri Le ¹, BHSc; Jesse Bourret-Gheysen ¹, BAT; Vanessa Soares ¹, MD; Maede S Nouri ¹, MSc; Fardous Hosseiny ³, MSc; Patrick Smith ³, PhD; Maya Roth ⁴, PhD, CPsych; Arlene G MacDougall ², MD; Michelle Marlborough ^{2, 4}, MD; Rakesh Jetly ⁵, MD, OMM, CD; Alexandra Heber ⁶, MD; Joy Albuquerque ⁷, MD; Ruth Lanius ², MD, PhD; Ken Balderson ^{2, 4}, MD, CM; Gabrielle Dupuis ³, MSc; Viraj Mehta ⁴, MD; J Don Richardson ^{1, 2, 4}, MD

¹ MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph's Health Care London, London, ON, CA

² Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, CA

³ Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Mental Health Conditions, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre , Ottawa, ON, CA

⁴ St. Joseph’s Operational Stress Injury Clinic , Greater Toronto Area, ON, CA

⁵ Canadian Armed Forces , Ottawa, ON, CA

⁶ Veterans Affairs Canada , Ottawa, ON, CA

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA

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