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Stress, Personality, Attachment and Coping During the Covid Crisis.

Completed
Conditions
Psychiatric Disorder
Aging
Registration Number
NCT04760795
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Brief Summary

Because of containment due to Covid-19, the French High Authority for Health (HAS) recommended reinforced monitoring of patients taken in care in the psychiatric ward, with special attention for people over the age of 65. To meet this recommendation, the geriatrics department of the hospital of Charity of Saint-Etienne hospital and the Vinatier hospital in Lyon organized follow-up of these patients by telephone throughout the containment period, thus allowing continuity of care. This pandemic situation and these measures are unprecedented; it is difficult to anticipate the psychological impact on patients.

Detailed Description

The main objective of this study is to evaluate if the type of coping strategies usually employed has an effect on the outbreak of a post-traumatic stress after containment. In addition, a second part of the study will propose to assess the factors influencing the experience of containment such as personality, attachment style or coping strategies.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
117
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients followed by teleconsultation during containment due to COVID 19
  • Patient affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme
  • Patient who received informed information about the study and who co-signed, with the investigator, a consent to participate in the study (for the part excluding routine care).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Major neurocognitive disorder

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Analysis post traumatic stress disorder measured by PTSD Check List (PCL) resultsYear: 1

The PTSD Check List (PCL) is a self-questionnaire to assess the post traumatic stress disorder and contains 17 items with minimum score 17 (no post traumatic stress disorder) and maximum score at 85 (post traumatic stress disorder important).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
presence of traumatic life eventsYear: 1

Analysis of presence of traumatic life events

Analysis usual coping strategies measured by brief COPE (dispositional version) resultsYear: 1

Brief COPE (dispositional version) is a questionnaire to assess the usual coping strategies and contains 28 items with minimum score 28 (not at all) and maximum score at 112 (a lot).

Analysis of situation of patientsYear: 1

It is composite of analysis of socio-demographic data, conditions of confinement, diagnostic elements. It was collected in the medical record.

Analysis anxiety related to the containment context measured by analogue scaleYear: 1

Analogue scale contains minimum score 0 (absence of stress) and maximum score at 10 (stress maximal).

Analysis of personalities by Big Five Inventory (BFI) scaleYear: 1

Big Five Inventory (BFI) scale to assess the personalities and contains 45 items with 5 dimensions: openness, awareness, extroversion, agreeableness and neurosis.

Analysis usual coping strategies during containment measured by brief COPE (dispositional version) resultsYear: 1

Brief COPE (dispositional version) is a questionnaire to assess the usual coping strategies during containment and contains 28 items with minimum score 28 (not at all) and maximum score at 112 (a lot).

Analysis anxiety post containment measured by GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) resultsYear: 1

GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) is a questionnaire to assess the anxiety post containment and contains 7 items with minimum score 0 (not anxiety) and maximum score at 21 (anxiety).

Analysis anxiety during containment measured by GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) resultsYear: 1

GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) is a questionnaire to assess the anxiety during containment and contains 7 items with minimum score 0 (not anxiety) and maximum score at 21 (anxiety).

Analysis attachment measured by Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) scale resultsYear: 1

Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) scale is a questionnaire to assess attachment style and contains 30 items to identify 2 latent dimensions: the "model of oneself" and the "model of the others".

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

CH Le Vinatier

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Bron, France

Chu Saint-Etienne

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Saint-Étienne, France

CH Le Vinatier
🇫🇷Bron, France

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