Can a questionnaire reveal how many mothers carry trauma from childbirth?
NCT ID NCT07827508
First seen Sep 18, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026
Summary
Researchers at Emile Muller Hospital in Mulhouse, France, want to estimate how many mothers develop post-traumatic stress disorder after giving birth. About 1,000 women who deliver at the hospital are asked to fill out the City Birth Trauma Scale and a short survey about their healthcare use roughly one month later. The study uses questionnaires rather than a clinical interview, and women can opt in to be contacted if their score suggests they may need support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- City Birth Trauma Scale questionnaire and a healthcare use questionnaire
- What this could lead to
- If the study works, it could show how many mothers develop post-traumatic stress after childbirth and where they seek help, which may guide better screening and support.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational questionnaire study, so it cannot prove what causes childbirth-related PTSD or whether any treatment works. Women who choose to respond may not represent all mothers, and a questionnaire is not a formal clinical diagnosis.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: * Women aged 18 or older * Having given birth in the maternity ward at Emile Muller Hospital (Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France) * Fluent in French * Having provided written consent to participate in the study * Being covered by a social security program Exclusion Criteria: * Women who gave birth anonymously * Women who gave birth to a stillborn child or a fetus that died in utero * Women under legal protection (guardianship, conservatorship, judicial protection).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Groupe Hospitalier de la Région de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace
Mulhouse, 68100, France