How to handle necessary async/await work inside of a createEffect?

function createDocument<T extends DocRecord<T>>(initialDocFn: Accessor<Doc<T>>): CreateDocumentResult<T> {
  const [doc, setDoc] = createSignal(initialDocFn());
  const initialDocId = () => initialDocFn()._id;

  const refreshDoc = async (db: Database, docId = "") => {
    const storedDoc = await db.get<T>(docId).catch(initialDocFn);
    setDoc(() => storedDoc);
  };

  createEffect(() => {
    // This is the problematic instruction. How can I re-express this to properly await it?
    void refreshDoc(database(), initialDocId());
  });
}