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ATtention Test and Executive Functions After STroke to Predict Depression.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Post-stroke Depression
Interventions
Other: Thymic history
Other: Evaluation of the psychiatric disorders
Other: Cognitive evaluation
Registration Number
NCT04008719
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cognitive function evaluation (sustained attention, executive functions, working memory) during acute post-stroke is predictive of a 3 months post-stroke depression.

Detailed Description

1. Baseline visit: after neurologic stability, 14 days or less after stroke and before discharge.

2. First assessment :

1. Neurologic data: morphologic data (MRI of the brain), stroke severity (NIHSScore), aphasia assessment (Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination) if NIHS verbal score ≥1, hemineglect assessment (Bells test).

2. Personal data assessment :

i. Socio demographic : age, gender, marital status, employment, level of education ii. Medical history: medical treatments, psychiatric and non psychiatric history.

c. Psychiatric assessment i. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview - depression ii. Beck Depression Inventory iii. Clinical Global Impression iv. Standardized Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS) v. Fageström-C vi. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) d. Cognitive assessment: i. Verbal memory : Dubois's five words ii. Clock drawing test iii. D2test (computerized) iv. Verbal fluency (Cardebat) v. Working memory (digit span WAIS 3) vi. Brixton (computerized)

3. Assessment 3 months after the first assessment. Phone call and psychiatric assessment: MINI depression, Beck Depression Inventory. Barthel index and Quality of Life assessment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
74
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 or more
  • Ischemic or hemorragic stroke, diagnosed with radiology : cerebral CT or MRI, 14 days or less after stroke
  • Signed Consent
  • Social insurance regime affiliation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Death
  • No possibility of follow-up
  • No French-speaker : insufficient command of French
  • Deprivation of liberty : judicial or administrative decision
  • D2 test assessment impossibility
  • Aphasia with major disorder of the understanding (Boston <8)
  • Antidepressant treatment during stroke
  • Depression during stroke
  • protected people

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PatientsCognitive evaluationAssessments are made by a psychiatrist
PatientsThymic historyAssessments are made by a psychiatrist
PatientsEvaluation of the psychiatric disordersAssessments are made by a psychiatrist
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Post stroke depression3 months

Whether or not a post-stroke depression occurs. occurrence of post-stroke depression assessed with Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), subscale depression .

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Post-stroke depression population characterization1 day

Age, gender, marital status, occupation, level of education, laterality of stroke,and medical and psychiatric history will be collected during the inclusion interview and cognitive tests

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Neurology service

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Paris, France

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