Translation and Validation of the "Children and Adolescent Trauma Screen" in French

Child Psychiatry Clinical Trial

— French-CATS  

Official title:

Translation and Validation in French of a Child Psychotrauma Identification Scale - the CATS (Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05690113
• Other study ID #: 69HCL22_0390
• Secondary ID: 2022-A02018-35_2
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 3, 2023
• Est. completion date: March 9, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: Hospices Civils de Lyon
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Child psychotraumatism and complex psychotraumatism, mainly consecutive to child maltreatment, is a major unaddressed public health issue.

The investigators aim to translate and validate a screening scale to help professionals to better detect and refer children at risk of psychotraumatism.

This study aims to validate the psychometric properties of a french version of the CATS 2.0, in partnership with the original authors of the scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: March 9, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 9, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• child aged between 7 and 17

• at least an adult of reference (parent or tutor) reachable

• agreement of adult of reference

• for clinical population : have been potentially exposed to a potential traumatic event (according to DSM-V)

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-mastery of French language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Psychiatry
• Child Psychiatry

Intervention

Procedure:
• CATS scale
During the inclusion visit (J0), enrolled children will complete the CATS scale as well as the SCARED (Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Disorders). Their parents will also complete the CATS and the SDQ (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et l'Adolescent, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant	Bron
France	Laboratoire de Psychologie et de NeuroCognition, Domaine Universitaire de Jacob Bellecombette	Chambéry
France	Centre Régional de Psychotraumatisme, Hôpital Edouard Herriot	Lyon
France	Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Edouard Herriot	Lyon
France	Centre d'Evaluation de Psychotraumatisme Pédiatrique, CHU Lenval	Nice
France	Centre Psychotrauma Grand Est Alsace Nord, Hôpital civil et hôpital de l'Elsau	Strasbourg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospices Civils de Lyon

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Psychometric properties of the Children and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) scale	Construct validity (structural validity, convergent-divergent validity), intraclass correlation coefficients, and internal consistency analysis will be performed.	Day 0 (D0)