Anxiety and Depression Among Gendarmes Posted to French Guiana (TAD-GENDGF)

Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Anxiety Depression Disorder

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06112457

2022PPRC07

2023-100889-36 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a mixed-method, single-center study involving two concurrent phases: a quantitative phase with an anonymous self-administered questionnaires, and a qualitative phase with individual contextual interviews and a focus group. The hypothesis underlying this study is that isolated postings are a risk factor for anxiety-depressive disorders. The aim of this study is to provide new information to help propose targeted prevention and health promotion measures.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gendarme in active position
• Age over 18
• Assignment in French Guiana for more than 6 months at the time of the study
• Not opting for study participation

Exclusion criteria

• Previously diagnosed psychiatric condition
• People with a reading/writing disability in the French language
• Major incapacity