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Assessment of Toxoplasma gondii Seropositivity and its association with lifetime Suicidality in patients with Bipolar Disorder

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: F317- Bipolar disorder, currently in remission
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/12/060624
Lead Sponsor
AIIMS NEW DELHI
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age: 18-65 years, either gender

2. Patients with bipolar affective disorder (BD) and currently in remission (F31.7) as per

clinical assessment based on ICD-10 criteria (WHO, 1992)

3. Clinically stable for 4 weeks or more.

4. Currently score =8 on Youngs Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and =13 on 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)

5. Able to read and write

6. Willing for informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Significant medical illness that has potential to interfere with study assessments (as per

known history)

• Significant current psychiatric or substance use comorbidity (except for nicotine) (as per

known history)

• Intellectual disability or organic brain syndrome (known history)

• Uncooperative patients or those unwilling to participate

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Comparing Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in patients <br/ ><br>with Bipolar Disorder (with and without suicidality) and healthy controlsTimepoint: Baseline
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relationship between suicidality, aggression, impulsivity & Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in patients with Bipolar DisorderTimepoint: Baseline
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