Emergency Psychological Intervention With Children: Alex Storm

NCT ID: NCT04850924

Last Updated: 2021-04-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 116 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-01-18
• Study Completion Date: 2021-02-26

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Psychological Trauma

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

children impact by the Alex storm

evaluation psychological trauma

Intervention Type: OTHER

9 classes of symptoms to be evaluated

Interventions

evaluation psychological trauma

9 classes of symptoms to be evaluated

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Fondation Lenval

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval

Nice, , France

Countries

France

References

Richez A, Gindt M, Battista M, Nachon O, Menard ML, Askenazy F, Fernandez A, Thummler S. Storm Alex: acute stress responses in the pediatric population. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2022 May 11;13(1):2067297. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2067297. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35599977 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

21-HPNCL-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id