Status:

COMPLETED

Health Consequences of Wintering in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

Conditions:

Environmental Exposure

Winter Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Polar stays expose people to extreme climate, isolation and confinement. The combination of these factors induces psychological disorders, sleep disorders, immune and endocrine disturbances, and defic...

Detailed Description

Participants will answer to a questionnaire. This questionnaire will determinate participants health about following areas : psychological disorders, sleep disorders, immune and endocrine disturbances...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • for the exposed group are:
  • To have carried out one or more wintering in one of the districts of the TAAF, that means a stay of at least six consecutive months including winter;
  • Have started their first wintering between 01jan2012 and 31dec2017;
  • Know how to read and write French.
  • for the non-exposed group are:
  • To have taken part in one or more summer campaigns between 01jan2012 and 31dec2017;
  • Never have overwintered;
  • Not having been refused wintering for health reasons or following psychological tests;
  • Knowing how to read and write French.

Exclusion

  • Persons under guardianship or guardianship, deceased persons, persons refusing to participate in the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 20 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 19 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

232 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04768621

Start Date

April 20 2021

End Date

June 19 2021

Last Update

September 21 2023

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CHU de la Réunion

Saint-Denis, Reunion, 97400