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, Canada

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

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

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

⁵ Canadian Armed Forces, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁶ Veterans Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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