Overview
A considerable body of research has demonstrated that women who are victims of interpersonal violence are at substantially elevated risk for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In France, victims can request a medico-legal examination in a clinical forensic medicine unit. Although these units are also a place for initial psychological examination, women often don't attend future scheduled appointments. Decision-making algorithm using phone contact are effective in suicide prevention. Our aim is to assess the effectiveness of case management algorithm using early phone contact compared to a control group treated as usual on clinical outcome after consultation requested in a clinical forensic medicine unit by female victims of violence.
Method: Prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial, for women victims of violence. Victims randomized in VIGITRAUMA group will be contacted by phone at 3 weeks after the consultation in a clinical forensic medicine unit, and a second phone call can be done. If the subject is not contacted after the second phone call, he will receive a postcard.
Control group will benefit from usual follow-up.
All the subjects included will be then evaluated at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year during a phone call.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women
- 18 years and older
- Consultation requested in a clinical forensic medicine unit after being victim of violence
- The person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence (PTSD criterion A - DSM -5)
- With social insurance
- Consent to participate to the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Do no consent to participate to the study
- Intrafamilial or intimate partner violence
- Do not speak french