Emergency Psychological Intervention With Children: Alex Storm

Psychological Trauma Clinical Trial

— ALEX  

Official title:

Alex Storm: Acute Stress Manifestations' Description in French Pediatric Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04850924
• Other study ID #: 21-HPNCL-01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 18, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 26, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Fondation Lenval
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Alex storm hits France, especially the French Riviera, from September 30, 2020 to October 3, 2020. A lot of people have been impacted by this event. Among these people, 116 children have been taking care by the medico-psychological emergency unit and have been assessed by child psychiatrists or by psychologists.

Description:

Alex storm hits France from September 30, 2020 to October 3, 2020. On October 2, several valley in the Nice hinterland were devastated by this natural disaster. Nine people died during this storm and hundreds of families were affected (house washed away or uninhabitable). This led to emergency evacuations on October 3 of several families. The inhabitants of some villages have been subjected to prolonged stress (lack of water and electricity, difficulty in supplying food, fear of another storm). These villages were isolated for a period varying from fifteen days to over three months. These people are particularly exposed to psychological consequences.

Between October 3 and October 30, the CUMP (medico-psychological emergency unit) was mobilized to provide psychological first aid to these families. Among those seen in emergency 116 children were taken care of. In order to assess the immediate symptoms of the children, the investigators used an assessment sheet specific to the developmental ages of the children.

All children seen in an emergency between October 3 and October 30, 2020 were assessed by child psychiatrists or by psychologists trained in emergency and pediatric psychological trauma.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 116
• Est. completion date: February 26, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 26, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children impacted by the Alex storm

• children seen in an emergency between October 3 and October 30, 2020

• children were assessed by child psychiatrists or by psychologists trained in emergency and pediatric psychological trauma

Exclusion Criteria:

• children whose parents refused to the processing of their data

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological Trauma

Intervention

Other:
• evaluation psychological trauma
9 classes of symptoms to be evaluated

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval	Nice

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fondation Lenval

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	measure of risk developing post-traumatic stress disorder	A questionnaire assessing symptoms in the acute phase. 9 classes of symptoms to be evaluated..; Anxiety - Sadness / Cries - Mutism / Apartness - Passiveness - Agitation / Panic / Disorganization - Somatization - Developmental regression / Excessive attachment to caregiver - Verbalization of fear - Sleep disorders All symptoms are assessed by scoring presence (1) or absence (0). The total score is calculated out of 9 and refers to the risk of later developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (0 = very low risk; 9 = very high risk)	at inclusion