Translation and Validation of the "Children and Adolescent Trauma Screen" in French

Completed

• Conditions: Adolescent Psychiatry; Child Psychiatry
• Interventions: Procedure: CATS scale

• Registration Number: NCT05690113
• Lead Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Brief Summary

Child psychotraumatism and complex psychotraumatism, mainly consecutive to child maltreatment, is a major unaddressed public health issue.

The investigators aim to translate and validate a screening scale to help professionals to better detect and refer children at risk of psychotraumatism.

This study aims to validate the psychometric properties of a french version of the CATS 2.0, in partnership with the original authors of the scale.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-19
• Study Start: 2023-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-09
• Study Completion: 2024-03-09
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• child aged between 7 and 17
• at least an adult of reference (parent or tutor) reachable
• agreement of adult of reference
• for clinical population : have been potentially exposed to a potential traumatic event (according to DSM-V)

Exclusion Criteria

• non-mastery of French language

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Clinical population	CATS scale	250 children aged from 7 to 17 will be recruited in 6 clinical departments (child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic medicine, psychotraumatism centers) They will complete the CATS scale as well as the SCARED (Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Disorders). Their parents will also complete the CATS and the SDQ (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire) to assess convergent and divergent validity.
Non-clinical population	CATS scale	250 children aged from 7 to 17 will be recruited in schools They will complete the CATS scale as well as the SCARED (Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Disorders). Their parents will also complete the CATS and the SDQ (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire) to assess convergent and divergent validity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychometric properties of the Children and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) scale	Day 0 (D0)	Construct validity (structural validity, convergent-divergent validity), intraclass correlation coefficients, and internal consistency analysis will be performed.

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Centre Régional de Psychotraumatisme, Hôpital Edouard Herriot; 🇫🇷 Lyon, France

Service de Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et l'Adolescent, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant; 🇫🇷 Bron, France

Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Edouard Herriot; 🇫🇷 Lyon, France

Laboratoire de Psychologie et de NeuroCognition, Domaine Universitaire de Jacob Bellecombette; 🇫🇷 Chambéry, France

Centre d'Evaluation de Psychotraumatisme Pédiatrique, CHU Lenval; 🇫🇷 Nice, France

Centre Psychotrauma Grand Est Alsace Nord, Hôpital civil et hôpital de l'Elsau; 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France