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NCT Number: NCT03493243

Teenagers After London Terrorist Attack

* Context: Since March 2012, several terrorist attacks have been perpetrated in France (Toulouse, Montauban, Paris, Nice ...). In March 2017, 53 french teenagers were victims in a terrorist attack in London (Westminster Bridge). * Main goal = to estimate the psycho-traumatic impact and to describe cares and management of high school students, victims of the terrorist attack in London on 2017, March the 22nd. * 3 secondary objectives: 1) Clinical (occurrence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders); 2) Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care); 3) Preventive and therapeutic.

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Key information

Conditions

Adolescent Development Mental Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic Terrorism Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

Age range

14 year–20 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU, Brest, France

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About this study

Inclusion criterion: 53 teenagers of Saint-Joseph high school (Concarneau, France) directly exposed to the terrorist attack.

Methodology: self questionnaires and heterogenous questionnaires; descriptive statistics (means +/- standard deviations; search for a significant difference according to traumatic symptomatology)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 53 teenagers, from Concarneau (France) high school, directly exposed from London terrorist attack (22.03.2017).

Exclusion criteria

  • All persons not directly exposed;
  • Relatives of teenagers;
  • 3 physically injured teenagers.

Treatment and study plan

questionnaires

Other

2-hour clinical observation

Primary outcomes

  1. PTSD

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Self-Questionnaire :Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist 5 )

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinical (occurence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders)

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    Mini International Neuro-psychiatric Interview for children and adolescent

  2. Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care);

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    LEC = Life Event checklist

  3. Preventive and therapeutic

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    MINI = Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview

  4. Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care);

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    ALCES = Adolescent Life Change Event Scale

  5. Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care);

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    EPS 10 = "Echelle de Provisions Sociales Abrégées";

  6. Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care);

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    Whodas 2.0 = World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule

  7. Preventive and therapeutic

    Time frame: One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)

    Questionnaire about use of psychoactive substances

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Brest

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Registry information

Official study title

AVAL Cohort Study First Step, Observational Study, After One Year

Acronym: AVAL

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 10, 2018
Registry last updated
Oct 25, 2019

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