Clinical trial NCT04479670: Psychometric and Patholinguistic Assessment of Psychotrauma Related to Natural Hazards in the Commune of "Le Prêcheur"
Official title: Psychometric and Patholinguistic Assessment of Psychotrauma Related to Natural Hazards in the Commune of "Le Prêcheur"
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Psychological Trauma
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Mass Casualty Incidents
Keywords: Psychometrics
Patholinguistics
Psychotraumatism
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Natural hazard
Crisis management
Lead sponsor: University Hospital Center of Martinique
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Centre de recherche en Épidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP)
name: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
name: SOS KRIZ
First posted: 2020-07-21
Enrollment: 59
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults subjects living in the commune of "Le Prêcheur" in Martinique

Brief summary: The project is to study the evolution of mental health in a little town of the French Martinique (Le Prêcheur) by using an innovative method of analysis that combines patholinguistic and psychometric indications for patients who risk of developing psychotrauma due to a natural hazard. Investigators will gather precise and factual data concerning the psychic and mental state of the population, by collecting patients' feelings and sentiments through individual interviews and audio recordings that will be then transcribed, and analyzed, and repeated, according to a quantitative, qualitative, and prospective methodology.

This research is launched in order to meet the needs expressed both by the French authorities and the population towards an optimization of crisis management.

Detailed description: The study focuses on the town of Le Prêcheur (1600 inhabitants) which has a geographical location of dangerous threat at the foot of the Pelee volcano, generating intense stress and psychotraumatic disorders. Indeed, faced with the phenomena of mudslides and boulders in connection with volcanic activity (Lahars) and repeated alerts, several cases of Psychotrauma have already been reported. Even if the municipal, territorial and state authorities have put in place a large-scale action to keep the population safe, the process of moving the neuralgic centers of the town will not be completed until 2021.

In the meantime, investigators propose to provide appropriate support for this situation via the SOS Kriz platform and the Psychotraumatology center of Martinique University Hospital.

In order to reach this objective, the study team will conduct patholinguistic procedures to the verbal recordings of persons from the town of Le Prêcheur every six months during one year. This analysis is carried out semi-automatically using a cognitive-discursive analysis software (Tropes1).

Two validated psychometric tests (GHQ-12 and PCL-5) to supplement the patholinguistic data will be used.

This mixed trial aims to evaluate the evolution of the overall state of mental health of the population via a patholinguistic and psychometric measurement device, to be able to target the actions of care and support to victims of psychotrauma related to risks of natural disaster in the commune of Prêcheur in Martinique.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Individual over 18,
* Residing on the town of Le Prêcheur,
* Having been informed of the study,
* And having made a non-opposition decision to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individual under the protection of justice or under guardianship,
* Individual with cognitive impairment incompatible with the collection of information,
* Individual who has undergone head trauma for less than one year or with residual clinical symptoms of trauma regardless of seniority,
* Individual with a proven serious suicidal risk.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Word frequency calculation
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Repository classification of words
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Patholinguistic classification of words
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Visualization of reference universes
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Application of the patholinguistic scenario
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Assess the overall mental health status
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Evaluate the symptomatology of psychotrauma patients
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Fort-de-France
country: Martinique
facility: CHU of Martinique
Study officials:
affiliation: CHU de Martinique
name: Louis JEHEL, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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