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

Recruiting

• Conditions: Mental Disorders

• Registration Number: NCT06503705
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study Start: 2024-07-08
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-25
• Primary Completion: 2026-07
• Study Completion: 2026-07-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Service de Pathologie Professionnelle - Médecine du Travail - CHU de Strasbourg - France; 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, France