NCT04104698

Cognitive, Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes to Suicide Among Depressed Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mansoura University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will try to provide a better understanding of the psychological, cognitive and electrophysiological factors that contribute to suicide in depressed patients.

Detailed description

Objectives: 1. To investigate the ability of qEEG to suspect suicidal potential in patients diagnosed with major depression. 2. To test the ability of some psychological and cognitive elements in determining the likelihood of suicide in such patients. 3. To give an objective and more reliable method than traditional questionnaires to assess the seriousness of suicidal ideations in patients suffering from depression who usually don't reveal their actual intentions.

Conditions

• Suicide
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Quantitative EEG (qEEG)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Quantitative EEG	1. Both groups will undergo evaluation of depression severity using Beck Depression Inventory Scale-II (Arabic Version) 2. Both groups will be assessed for psychological \& cognitive contributes respectively using: A. Connor and Davidson Scale for resilience (Arabic Version) B. The scale of Islamic Religiosity Attitude (SIRA) 3. Both groups will do Quantitative EEG (qEEG) to detect electrical, functional and brain mapping changes {Using Neurovirtual BW III, Florida, USA) 4. The quantitative analysis of EEG will focus on the following functions: Histogram, Topography, Spectrum Analysis, Spectral Differences, Propagation, Positional Diagram, Medium Amplitude, Ranges of Absolute Frequencies, Ranges of Relative Frequencies, CSA, Spectrum, and CSA Compressed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-07-15
• Completion: 2020-08-01
• First posted: 2019-09-26
• Last updated: 2020-04-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt