NCT05679245

Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma Symptoms in a General Population Sample

Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-related Symptoms in a Sample of Healthy Controls in the Barcelona Region of Catalonia, Spain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Parc de Salut Mar · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn about how many people have post-traumatic stress disorder and related symptoms in the general population of people without any mental illness in the Barcelona region of Catalonia, Spain. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of healthy controls without other mental disorders? * What is the prevalence of trauma-related symptoms in a sample of healthy controls without mental illness? * What is the prevalence of dissociative symptoms (including symptoms of depersonalisation and somatoform dissociation) in a sample of healthy controls without mental illness? * What is the prevalence of recent and childhood traumatic life events in a sample of healthy controls without mental illness? * What is the prevalence of difficulties in psychosocial functioning in healthy controls without mental illness? * What is the prevalence of depressive symptoms in healthy controls without mental illness? * What is the prevalence of general psychiatric symptoms in healthy controls without mental illness? Participants will be asked to take part in an online screening programme, and then to come to an interview with a clinician who will apply validated scales to test the above.

Detailed description

This is a study to provide normative data for the prevalence of traumatic life events, post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-related symptoms, and their impact on psychosocial functioning, and affective symptoms in healthy controls (i.e. without mental illness) in the Barcelona region of Catalonia, Spain.

Conditions

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Psychological Trauma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Assessment for exposure to psychological trauma and related symptoms	To be assessed for exposure to traumatic life events, post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma-related symptoms, dissociative symptoms, affective symptoms, and psychosocial functioning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-28
• Primary completion: 2024-03-01
• Completion: 2024-03-01
• First posted: 2023-01-10
• Last updated: 2023-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain