Cognitive, Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes to Suicide Among Depressed Patients

• Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder; Quantitative EEG (qEEG); Suicide
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Quantitative EEG

• Registration Number: NCT04104698
• Lead Sponsor: Mansoura University

Brief 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.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2019-09-26
• Study Start: 2019-10-01
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-28
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-15
• Study Completion: 2020-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 16 and 65 years
• Both males and females will be enrolled
• Patients present with the clinical picture of Major depression according to DSM 5 criteria.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Psychotic features associating depressive episode
• Bipolar depression
• The condition is due to another medical condition
• The condition is substance or medication-induced
• Intellectual disability
• Comorbid epilepsy

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study Group (MDD with SIs)	Quantitative EEG	25 Egyptian patients diagnosed with major depression (with suicidal ideations)
Control group (MDD without SIs)	Quantitative EEG	25 Egyptian patients diagnosed with major depression (without suicidal ideations)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Electrophysiological attibutes to suicide among depressed patients	5 months	Quantitative Analysis of EEG tracing from depressed patients experiencing suicidal Ideations

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mansoura University Hospital; 🇪🇬 Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt