Evaluation of the Effect of an Emergency Department Information Video on the Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 30 Days After an Emergency Visit.

NCT ID: NCT06755606

Last Updated: 2025-01-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 750 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2026-01-31

Brief Summary

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder characterized by the re-experiencing of distressing symptoms, avoidance of traumatic memories and physiological hyperarousal in people who have been exposed to a traumatic event. The consequences of PTSD are manifold: financial, quality of life, absenteeism, morbidity, and mortality.

An emergency department visit can be a traumatic event and associated with anxiety.

Studies have explored the prevalence and factors associated with the occurrence of PTSD among a selected population of patients admitted to the emergency department for either cardiological or traumatological reasons. The prevalence of PTSD at 1 month varied among these populations, from 12% to 25%.

Several factors have been described that could be independently associated with an increased risk of developing PTSD: factors linked to the patient himself (basal state and severity of acute pathology) or to the patient pathway (care structure, care modalities, waiting time). Given the serious medical, psycho-social and economic consequences of PTSD, it is important to identify the risk factors that can be controlled during a patient's stay in the emergency department.

In 2025, a general information procedure for patients and next of kin will be deployed in three emergency departments.

The aim of this procedure is to improve the quality of the information provided to emergency patients, thereby enhancing the experience of patients and those accompanying them. It will consist of video support delivering standardized information to patients from the moment they arrive in the emergency department until they are discharged. These videos will describe the patient's journey through the emergency department.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of this information procedure on the risk of developing PTSD.

Conditions

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic

Study Design

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

Study Groups

BEFORE

Group pf patients enrolled Before the information procedure was set up

No interventions assigned to this group

AFTER

Group pf patients enrolled After the information procedure was set up

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Triage level 1, 2, 3 by the triage nurse (according to CIMU, FRENCH or other scale used locally)
• Non-opposition to participation in the study after information and delivery of the information note
• Possibility of 30-day follow-up (self-questionnaire to be completed by e-mail)
• Patient with cognitive or sensory capacity to view and understand information videos

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to consent (neurological disorder, coma, acute intoxication, cognitive impairment)
• Patient does not have a good understanding of the French language.
• Estimated life expectancy less than 6 months
• Participation in other clinical intervention research

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Jennifer TRUCHOT, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Central Contacts

Jennifer TRUCHOT, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

jennifer.truchot@aphp.fr

Other Identifiers

IDRCB : 2023-A01766-39

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

APHP231231

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id