Status:
COMPLETED
What Difficulties Do Children and Adolescents Experience in Everyday Activities After a Traumatic Event? Focus Groups and Delphi Survey for the Development of a Questionnaire on PTSD-related Functional Impairment
Lead Sponsor:
University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Conditions:
PTSD
Functioning, Psychosocial
Eligibility:
All Genders
7+ years
Brief Summary
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents is often associated with a myriad of significant impairments in daily functioning, including family relationships, school/work, leisur...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The same inclusion criteria apply for the focus group discussions and for the Delphi process.
- For children and adolescents:
- Children and adolescents, who experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
- The PTE(s) must have occurred after the fourth birthday.
- The PTE(s) must have occurred at least 1 month ago.
- Children and adolescents must be 7-18 years of age.
- Children and adolescents are either in trauma-focused treatment at the time of recruitment or they present with at least a moderate PTSS severity according to the Child and Adolescents Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) Self-report.
- Children and adolescents must have sufficient command of the German language, excluding a small group of 4-5 unaccompanied refugee adolescents who will also be included. This group will be assisted by an interpreter.
- The children and adolescents do not have any physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
- The children and adolescents are not acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
- For caregivers:
- Caregivers of children and adolescents, who experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
- The PTE(s) must have occurred at least 1 month ago.
- The child or adolescent must be between 1-18 years of age.
- Children and adolescents are either in trauma-focused therapy at the time of recruitment or they present with at least a moderate PTSS severity according to the Child and Adolescents Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2).
- Caregivers must have sufficient command of the German language.
- The children and adolescents do not have any physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
- The children and adolescents are not acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
- For clinical experts:
- Clinician or researcher specialized in trauma and PTSD in children and adolescents.
- Clinical experts must have sufficient command of the English language.
Exclusion
- For children and adolescent participants:
- Children and Adolescents who have not experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
- The PTE(s) occurred before the fourth birthday.
- The PTE(s) occurred less than 1 month ago.
- Children and adolescents that are younger than 7 years old and older than 18 years old.
- Children and adolescents that are neither in trauma-focused therapy at the time of recruitment nor meet the CATS-2 score for moderate PTSS severity or higher.
- Children and adolescents that do not have sufficient command of the German language.
- Children and adolescents that have physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
- Children and adolescents that are acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
- For caregivers:
- Caregivers of children or adolescents who have not experienced at least one PTE according to the DSM-5 definition of a traumatic event.
- The PTE(s) occurred less than 1 month ago.
- The child or adolescent is younger than 1 year old or older than 18 years old.
- The child or adolescent is neither in trauma-focused therapy at the time of recruitment nor meets the CATS-2 score for moderate PTSS severity or higher.
- Caregivers that do not have sufficient command of the German language.
- Children and adolescents that have physical impairment due to injuries or somatic illnesses (self-assessment).
- Children and adolescents that are acute suicidal. The responsible psychotherapists or supervisors of the "Schlupfhuus" will provide information about it.
- For clinical experts:
- Clinical experts that don't work as clinician or as researcher specialized in trauma and PTSD in children and adolescents.
- Clinical experts that do not have sufficient command of the English language.
- All the participants' informed consent must be obtained before any data is collected.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 20 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 28 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05984706
Start Date
November 20 2023
End Date
February 28 2025
Last Update
March 7 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University-Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8832