Anxiety and / or Depressive Disorders in a Population of French Airline Pilot

Descriptive Study of Anxiety and/or Depressive Disorders in a Population of Airline Pilots Employed in France and Unionized at the SNPL

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05446519

Acronym

AEROPSY

Enrollment

870

Registered

2022-07-06

Start date

2022-09-01

Completion date

2023-04-30

Last updated

2023-06-18

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Conditions

Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder

Brief summary

Throughout their career, the medical abilities of airline pilots are regularly assessed. This population is exposed to occupational constraints and risks, in particular psychosocial, and could constitute a population at risk of developing anxiety and/or depressive disorders. However, mental health remains difficult to apprehend in this population because of a strong stigmatization of mental disorders and the risk of loss of medical certification to fly. In the literature, there are very few studies dealing with mental disorders in airline pilots and the results are heterogeneous, with a prevalence of anxiety and/or depressive disorders ranging from 1.9 to 12.6%. There is no study of this type among airline pilots employed in France. Therefore it seems useful to determine the prevalence of anxiety and/or depressive disorders in this population and to describe the co-factors associated with these disorders.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSurvey

Survey is proposed to all pilots who are members of the National Union of Airline Pilots

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Airline pilot, employed in France and unionized at the Syndicat National des Pilote de Ligne (SNPL)

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Depressive and anxiety disorders	at baseline	Anxiety and depressive disorders as measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD-S). The HADS consists of 14 items, seven items indicating anxiety and seven items indicating depression. The answer format offers four options, scored with values from 0 to 3. This results in scale values between 0 and 21 for each scale. Three ranges were defined by the original test authors: 0-7 (non-cases), 8-10 (doubtful cases), and 11-21 (cases)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026