Obstacles and Facilitators to the Treatment of Police Officers With Mental Health Disorders

NCT06503705 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 9140
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Police officers are subject to various professional risk factors that can contribute to the occurrence of mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In previous work, low use of specialized care structures was noted. Added to this is the carrying of a weapon which represents an element facilitating the passage to self-aggressive action. The objective of the study is to identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Keywords

Mental Disorders; Behavior Disorders; Anxiety Syndrome; Depression Syndrome; Mental health difficulties; Policmen

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To identify and describe the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers facing mental health difficulties.

  * The analysis of the interviews with the police officers will be carried out using a method inspired by grounded theory; with first a deductive approach, then inductive; thirdly, links will be sought between the different categories of analysis to try to develop a synthetic representation of the barriers and facilitators to the treatment of police officers with mental health disorders. * Grounded theory research assumes that data, rather than existing theories or hypotheses, determine what knowledge is revealed. By systematically analyzing qualitative data, it seeks to understand the social phenomena studied.

  Up to 1 year

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Active major subjet, administrative police officer, or scientific and technical police officer of the national police in France for more than a year, or work for the Ministry of the Interior as support staff, or medical staff,

You may qualify if:

• Be an active, administrative police officer, or scientific and technical police officer of the national police in France for more than a year,
• Or work for the Ministry of the Interior as support staff, or medical staff,
• Agree to participate in the study,
• Agree to talk about the problem without managerial or union preconceptions.

You may not qualify if:

• Be in post for the Ministry of the Interior for less than a year.
• Be stationed in the Bas Rhin department (France), where the principal investigator works.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Strasbourg, France: lead

Study Sites (1)

Service de Pathologie Professionnelle - Médecine du Travail - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, 67091, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Nathalie NOURRY, MD

CONTACT

33 3 88 11 64 66; nathalie.nourry@chru-strasbourg.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2024
• First Posted: July 16, 2024
• Study Start: July 8, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 8, 2026
• Last Updated: May 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-07

Locations

FR (1)