Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticDEPITACNCT01200628
DEPITAC : Short Screening Scale for Psychotraumatic Disorders After Motor Vehicle Accident
An observational study of Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic and Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute, run by University Hospital, Lille at 6 sites in France.
Trial summary
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and often chronic response to overwhelmingly stressful events as Road Traffic Accident. Moreover PTSD is associated with increased rates of medical morbidity, poor health-related quality of life, and functional impairment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
- What is being tested?
- DEPITAC
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 274 participants
- Where
- 6 sitesFrance
- Study dates
- Jun 2007to Jun 2015
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: We include 250 road traffic accident victim hospitalized in surgical department (less than 2 weeks). Patients are hospitalized in 5 different hospitals (3 in Lille, 1 in Douai, 1 in Paris).
Who may be able to join
- Road traffic accident victims hospitalized in surgical department less than 2 weeks
- Can be called by phone
Who cannot join
- Patient with a coma for more than 15 minutes
- Patient with a crania traumatism and with loss of consciousness over 15 minutes
- Homeless
Trial locations and contacts
6 sites in 1 country.
6 sites in 1 country
France6 sites
General Hospital, Douai
Douai
University Hospital, Grenoble
Grenoble
University Hospital, Lille
Lille, North, 59037
Catholic University Hospital of Lille Saint Philibert
Lille
Catholic University Hospital of Lille Saint Vincent
Lille
Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris
Paris
About this study
Official title: Construction and Validation of a Short Screening Scale for Psychotraumatic Disorders for Inpatients Hospitalized in Surgical Unit Following a Road Traffic Accident
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and often chronic response to overwhelmingly stressful events as Road Traffic Accident. Moreover PTSD is associated with increased rates of medical morbidity, poor health-related quality of life, and functional impairment. PTSD is prevalent in primary care settings after road traffic accident, where approximately 25% of patients meet diagnostic criteria for the disorder. Despite the development of a number of efficacious behavioral and pharmacological treatments, only a minority of patients with PTSD receive mental health services. PTSD is frequently underrecognized and untreated in Emergency Department and Surgical Unit.
Then, early diagnosis and prevention of PTSD might help to identify patients with PTSD high risk and lead them to benefit of personalized cares. Nevertheless it is not possible (neither useful) to provide psychological cares for each road traffic accident victim.
Read more
This is the reason why we think that nurses can help to screen patients who need treatment for PTSD Hypothesis : Recognition of specific clinical or biological signs occurring during road traffic accident victim hospitalization in surgical unit could allow beginning specific treatment using consultation liaison psychiatry.
Early treatment could allow decreasing incidence of psychotraumatic disorders, increasing surgical functional efficacy and improve convalescence programs. The use of a specific questionnaire could help to screen this disorder.
We have created the DEPITAC scale : a short screening questionnaire with 10 items.
This study will be evaluated DEPITAC's 10-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in surgical or emergency department.
Read the detailed description
We include 300 road traffic accident victims hospitalized in surgical department (less than 2 weeks). Patients are hospitalized in 5 different hospitals (3 in Lille, 1 in Douai, 1 in Paris). Patients will be evaluated by a short screening questionnaire (DEPITAC's 10 item screen). Patients will be evaluated by phone with a experimented psychologist (Minimal International Neuropsychiatric Interview DSM IV, PTSD Check List symptoms) at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year after the accident.
Purposes :
- To evaluate DEPITAC's 10-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in surgical or emergency department.
- To measure prognosis value of DEPITAC's 10 item screen on acute PTSD (PTSD Check List symptoms (PCLs) 6th week) and late PTSD (PTSD Check List symptoms (PCLs) 6 months and 1 year) or other psychiatric disorder (anxiety, depression or addictive disorder) (Minimal International Neuropsychiatric Interview MINI DSM IV at 6 months and 1 year).
- To compare DEPITAC to Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) given a the same time.
- To calculate DEPITAC's total score and correlate to the onset of a PTSD at 6 week, 6 months and 1 year.
- Being tested
- DEPITAC
- Keywords
- posttraumatic stress disorder, acute PTSD, PTSD, motor vehicle accident
- Medical subject headings
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
DEPITACBehavioural
Also called early screening PTSD scale
heteroevaluation scale by a nurse during hospitalization
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Road traffic accident victims | Cohort of patients hospitalized in surgical department after a motor vehicle accident less than 2 weeks Receives: Behavioral: DEPITAC |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
DEPITAC's 10 item screen score
total score of DEPITAC scale
Measured: six months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) results
Measured: six months / one year
MINI DSM IV results
Minimal International Neuropsychiatric Interview DSM IV
Measured: six months / one year
PTSD Check List symptoms results
Measured: six months / one year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Sep 2010 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2007
- Primary completionJun 2015
- Study completionJun 2015
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Hospital, LilleThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 274 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Olivier COTTENCIN, MD PhD, Principal investigator, University Hospital, Lille
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01200628
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2006_0632
- Other IDs
- DGS 2006-0053, PHRC 2006/R1904, 2006-A00180-51
- Acronym
- DEPITAC
- Status last verified
- Jun 2015
- First submitted
- 18 Mar 2010
- Last updated
- 14 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Leroy A, Cottencin O, Labreuche J, Mascarel P, De Pourtales MA, Molenda S, Paget V, Lemogne C, Bougerol T, Gregory T, Chantelot C, Demarty AL, Meyer S, Warembourg F, Duhem S, Vaiva G. Four Questions Nurses Can Ask to Predict PTSD 1 Year After a Motor Vehicle Crash. J Trauma Nurs. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;29(2):70-79. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000638.
PubMed 35275108
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 14 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Construction and Validation of a Short Screening Scale for Psychotraumatic Disorders for Inpatients Hospitalized in Surgical Unit Following a Road Traffic Accident
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01200628
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- DEPITAC / 2006_0632
- Keywords
- posttraumatic stress disorder, acute PTSD, PTSD, motor vehicle accident
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 274 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, LilleUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jun 2007
- Primary completion
- Jun 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jun 2015 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Sep 2010 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and often chronic response to overwhelmingly stressful events as Road Traffic Accident. Moreover PTSD is associated with increased rates of medical morbidity, poor health-related quality of life, and functional impairment. PTSD is prevalent in primary care settings after road traffic accident, where approximately 25% of patients meet diagnostic criteria for the disorder. Despite the development of a number of efficacious behavioral and pharmacological treatments, only a minority of patients with PTSD receive mental health services. PTSD is frequently underrecognized and untreated in Emergency Department and Surgical Unit.
Then, early diagnosis and prevention of PTSD might help to identify patients with PTSD high risk and lead them to benefit of personalized cares. Nevertheless it is not possible (neither useful) to provide psychological cares for each road traffic accident victim.
This is the reason why we think that nurses can help to screen patients who need treatment for PTSD Hypothesis : Recognition of specific clinical or biological signs occurring during road traffic accident victim hospitalization in surgical unit could allow beginning specific treatment using consultation liaison psychiatry.
Early treatment could allow decreasing incidence of psychotraumatic disorders, increasing surgical functional efficacy and improve convalescence programs. The use of a specific questionnaire could help to screen this disorder.
We have created the DEPITAC scale : a short screening questionnaire with 10 items.
This study will be evaluated DEPITAC's 10-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in surgical or emergency department.
Detailed description
We include 300 road traffic accident victims hospitalized in surgical department (less than 2 weeks). Patients are hospitalized in 5 different hospitals (3 in Lille, 1 in Douai, 1 in Paris). Patients will be evaluated by a short screening questionnaire (DEPITAC's 10 item screen). Patients will be evaluated by phone with a experimented psychologist (Minimal International Neuropsychiatric Interview DSM IV, PTSD Check List symptoms) at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year after the accident.
Purposes :
- To evaluate DEPITAC's 10-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in surgical or emergency department.
- To measure prognosis value of DEPITAC's 10 item screen on acute PTSD (PTSD Check List symptoms (PCLs) 6th week) and late PTSD (PTSD Check List symptoms (PCLs) 6 months and 1 year) or other psychiatric disorder (anxiety, depression or addictive disorder) (Minimal International Neuropsychiatric Interview MINI DSM IV at 6 months and 1 year).
- To compare DEPITAC to Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) given a the same time.
- To calculate DEPITAC's total score and correlate to the onset of a PTSD at 6 week, 6 months and 1 year.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Road traffic accident victims | – | Behavioral: DEPITACCohort of patients hospitalized in surgical department after a motor vehicle accident less than 2 weeks |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- We include 250 road traffic accident victim hospitalized in surgical department (less than 2 weeks). Patients are hospitalized in 5 different hospitals (3 in Lille, 1 in Douai, 1 in Paris).
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Road traffic accident victims hospitalized in surgical department less than 2 weeks
- Can be called by phone
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Patient with a coma for more than 15 minutes
- Patient with a crania traumatism and with loss of consciousness over 15 minutes
- Homeless
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| DEPITACAlso: early screening PTSD scaleheteroevaluation scale by a nurse during hospitalization | Behavioural | Road traffic accident victims |
Primary outcome
DEPITAC's 10 item screen score
Time frame: six months
total score of DEPITAC scale
3 secondary outcomes
Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) results
Time frame: six months / one year
MINI DSM IV results
Time frame: six months / one year
PTSD Check List symptoms results
Time frame: six months / one year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 14 May 2026.
- Results publication: PubMed 35275108Leroy A, Cottencin O, Labreuche J, Mascarel P, De Pourtales MA, Molenda S, Paget V, Lemogne C, Bougerol T, Gregory T, Chantelot C, Demarty AL, Meyer S, Warembourg F, Duhem S, Vaiva G. Four Questions Nurses Can Ask to Predict PTSD 1 Year After a Motor Vehicle Crash. J Trauma Nurs. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;29(2):70-79. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000638.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Olivier COTTENCIN, MD PhD principal investigator
University Hospital, Lille
6 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic and Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute, run by University Hospital, Lille at 6 sites in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 6 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
DEPITAC's 10 item screen score (time frame: six months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01200628, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 May 2026.