Evaluation of Post-traumatic Stress Among the Nearest Relatives of Brain-dead Organ Donors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes91 enrolled

Overview

The goal is to compare post tramautic stress between the nearest relatives of brain-dead patients who are organ donor to those of brain-dead patients who are not organ donors for medical, legal or opposition reasons.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Tissue Donors Tissue and Organ Procurement

Interventions

Questionnaires and interviewOTHER

Questionnaires and interview

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * must be one of the following: person-of-trust previously designated by the deceased, a spouse, sibling, parent, or child of the deceased Exclusion Criteria: * refusal to participate * does not speak French * deaf/mute * adult, but under guardianship

Locations (4)

CH Henry Duffaut

Avignon, France

Centre Hospitalier Général

Béziers, France

Hôpital Guy de Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes

Nîmes, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Proportion of participants with an IES score > 37

The IES score follows Azoulay et al (2005). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 171: 987-94. IES = Impact of Event Scale - revised, ranging from 0 to 88, with 88 being the greatest risk for post-traumatic stress

Time frame: 2 hours

Secondary Outcomes

The IES score

The Impact of Event Scale - revised, ranging from 0 to 88

Time frame: 2 hours

Hospital Depression and Anxiety Score (HDAS)

score ranging from 0 (no symptoms) to 21 (max). HDAS scores \>=8 indicate clinically significant depression or axiety

Time frame: 2 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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