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NCT Number: NCT06503705

Obstacles and Facilitators to the Treatment of Police Officers With Mental Health Disorders

Police officers are subject to various professional risk factors that can contribute to the occurrence of mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In previous work, low use of specialized care structures was noted. Added to this is the carrying of a weapon which represents an element facilitating the passage to self-aggressive action.

The objective of the study is to identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Service de Pathologie Professionnelle - Médecine du Travail - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, 67091, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Jean Baptiste FASSIER, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Nathalie NOURRY, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

33 3 88 11 64 66

Nathalie NOURRY, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Pierre VIDAILHET, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Be an active, administrative police officer, or scientific and technical police officer of the national police in France for more than a year,
Or work for the Ministry of the Interior as support staff, or medical staff,
Agree to participate in the study,
Agree to talk about the problem without managerial or union preconceptions.

Exclusion criteria

Be in post for the Ministry of the Interior for less than a year.
Be stationed in the Bas Rhin department (France), where the principal investigator works.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

To identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.

Time frame: Up to 1 year
- The analysis of the interviews with the police officers will be carried out using a method inspired by grounded theory; with first a deductive approach, then inductive; thirdly, links will be sought between the different categories of analysis to try to develop a synthetic representation of the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers with mental health disorders.
- Grounded theory research assumes that data, rather than existing theories or hypotheses, determine what knowledge is revealed. By systematically analyzing qualitative data, it seeks to understand the social phenomena studied.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Nathalie NOURRY, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

33 3 88 11 64 66

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Qualitative Investigation Into the Obstacles and Facilitators to the Treatment of Police Officers With Mental Health Disorders

Acronym: BASP

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2026
Study completion: 2026
First posted: Jul 16, 2024
Registry last updated: May 25, 2025

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