Proposition pour une échelle d’évaluation du risque de répétition d’accidents chez l’adolescent

When confronted with situations of repeated accidents among teenagers, organicist physicians (emergency physicians, orthopaedists and general practitioners) need tools to discern sub-jacent psychopathological problems such as depression and anxiety. We have elaborated an Evaluation Scale of Risk Behaviour of the Teenager (ECRA) and we have compared its results to those obtained with different recognized scales currently in use in psychiatry. We have observed that teenagers with antecedents of accidents have scores that are far higher than those of first accident teenagers, notably in the depression, anxiety and impulsivity scales as well as in the ECRA. The ECRA is quite efficient in distinguishing teenagers without antecedents of accidents from those having had repeated accidents. This simple and rapid scale could be used as a tool by organicist physicians for detection but also for prevention as they are the first to be confronted with young people.