Assessment of the Perceptions and Opinions of Staff Working of Prisons and Detention Centers on the Use of Psychoactive Substances in Prisons and Harm Reduction (PERRCEP) (PERRCEP)

Assessment of the Perceptions and Opinions of Staff Working in Prisons and Detention Centers on the Use of Psychoactive Substances in Prisons and Harm Reduction

Evaluation, through an anonymous questionnaire, of the perceptions and opinions of staff working in prisons and detention centers in Brittany regarding the consumption of illicit substances and harm reduction measures in prison environment. The secondary objective of the study will be to assess training needs and explore factors associated with better adherence to the implementation of harm reduction measures.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Harm Reduction; Prisoners

Detailed Description

A first contact will be made by email with the heads of institutions, directors of Penitentiary Rentegration Services), and coordinating doctors of healthcare units to inform them about the study's objectives and procedures, and to request their institution's and service's participation.

If they agree to participate, volunteer key contacts will be identified in each institution to relay the information to the staff working in the institution and ensure the distribution of the questionnaire.

The study's responsible doctor will meet with one of the resident investigators for a preliminary informational meeting with the institution's director, the SPIP director, and the identified key staff members. The questionnaires will be handed to the key contacts at that time.

A "non-opposition" letter will be individually distributed with each anonymous questionnaire to provide further details about the study for which their participation is requested.

After answering, participants will be able to place the questionnaire in the provided envelope, and then into a sealed ballot box.

After the answering period, the investigator will go back to prisons and detention centers to collect the ballot boxes.

The data from each paper questionnaire will be transcribed by the residents onto an online platform using the Lime Survey® software.

The statistician of UBO (university of Brest) will have access to the data on Lime Survey® in order to perform the statistical analyses as described below.

The statistician will make a descriptive analysis of the results and the an analytical study will research factors associated with improved adherence to harm reduction mesures : profession exercised; seniority; harm reduction training; age

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 800

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Brest, France, 29200
    • CHU Brest

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Working person of remand center of Brest, Vannes, Rennes, Saint-Malo, Lorient and Saint-Brieuc, and detention center of Lorient and Rennes :

• healthcare staff, divided into 5 sectors : somatic, psychiatric, odontology, addictology, pharmacy)
• prison warders
• Reintegration support service (in french : Service pénitentiaire d'insertion et de probation)
• other prison staff

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• working person of remand center of Brest, Vannes, Rennes, Saint-Malo, Lorient and Saint-Brieuc, who has answered the questionnaire
• working person of detention center of Lorient and Rennes, who answered the questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• person opposing participation in the study
• person under legal protection measure

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
perceptions and opinions of staff working in prisons and detention centers in Brittany regarding the consumption of illicit substances and harm reduction measures.	descriptive analysis of the results	from january 2025 to may 2025

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assess training needs and research factors associated with improved adherence to harm reduction mesures	An analytical study will research factors associated with improved adherence to harm reduction mesures : profession exercised; seniority; harm reduction training; age.	from january 2025 to may 2025

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2025
• Last Verified: January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 29BRC24.0333 - PERRCEP

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: All collected data that underlie results in a publication
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Data will be available beginning three years and ending fifteen years following the final study report completion
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Data access requests will be reviewed by the internal committee of Brest UH. Requestors will be required to sign and complete a data access agreement
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No