Psychological Sequelae After Sudden Cardiac Death in the Patient and His Relatives

"During an interview with a trained psychologist, the presence of acute stress will be assessed by the SASRQ test within one week of the occurrence of a sudden recovered death.~The diagnosis of acute post-traumatic stress disorder is made according to the presence of at least three dissociative symptoms out of five, and other symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance or marked anxiety or hypervigilance. Each symptom is thus evaluated dichotomously. A symptom is present if the intensity of the response is 3 or more (0 from 0 to 2 and 1 from 3 to 5)."

"This questionnaire will be completed during an interview with a psychologist trained in the protocol, 3 months after the sudden death.~The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that assesses the 20 symptoms of PTSD according to the DSM-V. It is associated with the LEC-5 questionnaire.~The self-reported scale uses ratings of 0 to 4 to assess each of the symptoms.~A threshold of 38 on the PCL-5 seems reasonable to suggest the presence of PTSD."