Digital Interventions to Reduce Distress Among Health Care Providers at the Frontline: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial

Binh Nguyen   ^{1 *} , BEng ;   Andrei Torres   ^{2 *} , BArch, MEng ;   Walter Sim   ³ , BSc ;   Deborah Kenny   ⁴ , PhD ;   Douglas M Campbell   ^{5, 6, 7, 8} , MD, MSc ;   Lindsay Beavers   ^{6, 9} , BSc, MPT ;   Wendy Lou   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Bill Kapralos   ² , PhD ;   Elizabeth Peter   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Adam Dubrowski   ² , PhD ;   Sridhar Krishnan   ¹ , PhD ;   Venkat Bhat   ^{3, 12} , MD, MSc

¹ Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

² maxSIMhealth Group, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

³ Interventional Psychiatry Program, St Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Nursing, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

⁵ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Allan Waters Family Simulation Program, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally