Cognition, Sleep, Neurophysiology of Suicidal Depressed Patients

Cognitive, Sleep, Neurophysiological Markers Among Suicidal Depressed Patients

evaluation whether suicidal major depressive disorder patients show a specific pattern of cognitive, sleep and neurophysiologic impairment as compared to non- suicidal major depressive disorder patient, and studying the correlation between the cognitive impairment, the sleep disturbance and the neurophysiologic impairment and suicidal behaviour Studying the cognitive profile in suicidal patient including studying, Comprehension, Attention, language production, reasoning, problem solving and decision making

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Suicidal Depression

Detailed Description

Suicide defined as when a person killing himself directly or indirectly act, with knowing that will produce this result carried out by the victim himself .Suicide is 14th leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for 1.5% of all mortality .suicide is the cause of death most directly affected by psychological factors. There is other stressors such as financial troubles, poverty, unemployment, homelessness and war may cause suicide. About (15-40%) of people leave a suicide note. Genetics appear to account for between 38% and 55% of suicidal behaviors . Suicide rates differ significantly between countries and over time. Percentage of death in 2013 in Africa was 1% Canada 11.1% china 12.7% India 23.2% and united states 14%. suicide is ranked as 10th leading cause of death in the united states. In china suicide is 5th leading cause of death.

Of all the psychiatric disorders. major depressive disorder in associated with the highest life time risk of suicide attempt and completion. Indeed. the life time risk of completing suicide in patient with (MDD) range from (35- 40 %, )in the world. Also in patient of mood disorder (MD) range about (8-15 %) of patient attempt suicide In an suicide attempt must be understand how and why some people's thought process lead them to decide to end their lives, there is several different cognitive impairment factors that seem to increase the risk of suicidal behavior such as cognitive rigidity, thought suppression. Agitation. Future thinking and goal adjustment .

Finding from studies in which behavioral test of cognitive rigidity are administrated to suicide attempter and clinical controls have support this notion.

studies illustrate the importance of control the sleep disorders as there is relationship between sleep disorders and suicidal behavior and subsequent suicidal thoughts and either self-harm behaviors or suicide attempt after controlling depressive symptoms Some studies have shown neurophysiologic aspects of suicidal behavior. An attempt has been made to reveal a correlation of results obtained in calculating the entropy and information Saturation of EEG with signs of dysontogenesis in patients with depression with- or without suicidal signs

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 120

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Assiut, Egypt
    • Assiut University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

study population are grouped to 3 groups

1. suicidal depressed patient
2. depressed patients
3. control or normal people

Description

Inclusion Criteria:I) patients

a. Inclusion criteria:

1. Suicidal attempters, suicidal ideators, non-suicidal depressed were all diagnosed with major depression, or Bipolar disorder (BD) (depressive phase) by statistical manual of mental disorders. Patients meeting DSM-5 criteria. (APA-2013)
2. all participant provided written informed consent
3. age group above 18 years old II) control a. Inclusion criteria:

1. Match with the subjects in age group "above 18 years old" 2.no history of suicide attempt or ideation 3. no history of psychiatric disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

1. other psychiatric disorders
2. electroconvulsive therapy in the Previous six months
3. Neurologic disorders including stroke, epilepsy, brain injury and sensory disorders that precluded participating in cognitive assessment.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
suicidal depressed patients; psychiatric history suicidal scale mental state examination screening for sleep disturbance electroencephalography
depressed patients; psychiatric history suicidal scale mental state examination screening for sleep disturbance electroencephalography
control; psychiatric history suicidal scale mental state examination screening for sleep disturbance electroencephalography

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cognition among Suicidal Depressed patients	to determine the cognitive impairment among depressed suicidal patient compared to not depressed persons and to depressed non suicidal patients by 1-Mini-mental state examination: It as a basic tool used to assess the cognitive function; it includes tests of orientation, attention, memory, language and visual-spatial skills; Montreal cognitive assessment scale: The test is a one-page 30-point test administered in approximately 10 minutes. Each participant had the test individually. it was used to assess several domains of cognition such as the short term memory recall task (5 points) involves two learning trials of five nouns and delayed recall after approximately 5minutes	one day
sleep among Suicidal Depressed patients	Epworth sleepiness scale: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a scale intended to measure daytime sleepiness that is measured by use of a very short questionnaire. This can be helpful in screening of sleep disorders.	10 minutes
neurophysiological marker among Suicidal Depressed patients	Standard Electroencephalogram "EEG": Conventional EEG will be done using the 8 channels Nihon Kohden machine '4217' employing scalp electrodes placed according to the international 10-20 system with bipolar and referential montages . for evaluation of power in alpha band	1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University
• Investigators: Study Director: Mohamed F. Abd-ElAal, Professor, Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• W. S. F. Pickering; Geoffrey Walford (2000). Durkheim's Suicide: a century of research and debate. Psychology Press. p. 25.
• Hassan, Wageeh .A.N., Noamany, M.M.(2020). . A clinical study of suicide in patients admitted in psychiatry unit in Assiut University. Middle East Current Psychiatry 27, 26

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 23, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 24, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 5, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: sleep; cognition; neurophysiology; suicidal depression
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: cognition Suicidal Depression

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No