Adolescent Development, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Terrorism
Conditions
Keywords
Adolescent, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Terrorist Attack
Brief summary
* Context: Since March 2012, several terrorist attacks have been perpetrated in France (Toulouse, Montauban, Paris, Nice ...). In March 2017, 53 french teenagers were victims in a terrorist attack in London (Westminster Bridge). * Main goal = to estimate the psycho-traumatic impact and to describe cares and management of high school students, victims of the terrorist attack in London on 2017, March the 22nd. * 3 secondary objectives: 1) Clinical (occurrence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders); 2) Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care); 3) Preventive and therapeutic.
Detailed description
Inclusion criterion: 53 teenagers of Saint-Joseph high school (Concarneau, France) directly exposed to the terrorist attack. Methodology: self questionnaires and heterogenous questionnaires; descriptive statistics (means +/- standard deviations; search for a significant difference according to traumatic symptomatology)
Interventions
OTHERQuestionnaires
2-hour clinical observation
Sponsors
University Hospital, Brest
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 53 teenagers, from Concarneau (France) high school, directly exposed from London terrorist attack (22.03.2017).
Exclusion criteria
* All persons not directly exposed; * Relatives of teenagers; * 3 physically injured teenagers.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PTSD | One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1) | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Self-Questionnaire :Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist 5 ) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical (occurence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders) | One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1) | Mini International Neuro-psychiatric Interview for children and adolescent |
| Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care); | One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1) | LEC = Life Event checklist |
| Preventive and therapeutic | One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1) | MINI = Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed