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NCT Number: NCT05446519

Anxiety and / or Depressive Disorders in a Population of French Airline Pilot

Throughout their career, the medical abilities of airline pilots are regularly assessed. This population is exposed to occupational constraints and risks, in particular psychosocial, and could constitute a population at risk of developing anxiety and/or depressive disorders. However, mental health remains difficult to apprehend in this population because of a strong stigmatization of mental disorders and the risk of loss of medical certification to fly. In the literature, there are very few studies dealing with mental disorders in airline pilots and the results are heterogeneous, with a prevalence of anxiety and/or depressive disorders ranging from 1.9 to 12.6%. There is no study of this type among airline pilots employed in France. Therefore it seems useful to determine the prevalence of anxiety and/or depressive disorders in this population and to describe the co-factors associated with these disorders.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders Depressive Disorder Mental Disorders Mood Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU de Nice

Nice, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Airline pilot, employed in France and unionized at the Syndicat National des Pilote de Ligne (SNPL)

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

survey

Behavioral

Survey is proposed to all pilots who are members of the National Union of Airline Pilots

Primary outcomes

  1. Depressive and anxiety disorders

    Time frame: at baseline

    Anxiety and depressive disorders as measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD-S). The HADS consists of 14 items, seven items indicating anxiety and seven items indicating depression. The answer format offers four options, scored with values from 0 to 3. This results in scale values between 0 and 21 for each scale. Three ranges were defined by the original test authors: 0-7 (non-cases), 8-10 (doubtful cases), and 11-21 (cases)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Descriptive Study of Anxiety and/or Depressive Disorders in a Population of Airline Pilots Employed in France and Unionized at the SNPL

Acronym: AEROPSY

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 6, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 18, 2023

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