Teenagers After London Terrorist Attack

Completed

• Conditions: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Adolescent Development; Terrorism
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT03493243
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest

Brief Summary

* 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.

Detailed Description

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)

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-14
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-10
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-13
• Study Completion: 2018-04-13
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Adolescents exposed	Questionnaires	Only clinical questionnaires

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PTSD	One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Self-Questionnaire :Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist 5 )

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preventive and therapeutic	One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)	Questionnaire about use of psychoactive substances
Clinical (occurence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders)	One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)	Mini International Neuro-psychiatric Interview for children and adolescent
Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care);	One year after the terrorist attack (Day 1)	Whodas 2.0 = World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

CHU; 🇫🇷 Brest, France

HIA Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont Tonnerre; 🇫🇷 Brest, France