Association Between a Peri-traumatic Dissociation State and the Occurrence of Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome (DIStress-AG)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Severe Trauma; General Anaesthesia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: PDEQ, PCL-5 and demographic survey

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03930966

DIStress-AG (29BRC18.0200)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients will be selected after studying clinical records.Patients who had general anesthesia due to an injury related to severe trauma within 6 to 12 months prior to inclusion will be included.

Three self-survey will be completed by the patient: PDEQ, PCL-5 and a demographic questionnaire. According to the PDEQ and PCL-5 scores, an association between a peri-traumatic dissociation state and a post-traumatic stress disorder can be established.

Enrollment: 148 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with general anesthesia for a surgical wound with violent trauma in the road, a fall of more than 6 meters, burn, accident at work, explosion, aggression) in the 6 to 12 months before the inclusion
• Time between trauma and general anesthesia should not exceed 48 hours
• Patient agreeing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Minor patients
• Patients under curatorship, and tutorship
• Patient deprived of liberty
• Patients who do not speak French
• Patients who are not in satisfactory neurological state to answer the questionnaire (pyschotic, demented states)
• Patients who have been sedated (apart from general anesthesia) when receiving or having a Glasgow score <14

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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148 participants in 1 patient group

PDEQ, PCL-5 and demographic survey

Experimental group

Description:

State of the patient evaluated with questionnaires to make the connection between peri-traumatic dissociation and the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: PDEQ, PCL-5 and demographic survey