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Correlation Between Clinical Deterioration in Schizophrenic Patients and Hair Cortisol Levels

NCT01754532 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2018-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The importance of stress as a possible deteriorating factor for schizophrenic patients is well documented. However, this notion is based on subjective experience and retrospective psychological analysis.

A novel method of measuring cortisol using hair has a proven correlation to subjective stress in non-clinical as well as psychiatric clinical populations.

This pilot study will attempt to assess the use of cortisol hair level, as a marker of stress, to predict clinical deterioration in schizophrenic patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Hair Sample

Analysis of hair cortisol levels

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shalvata Mental Health Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aviv Segev, MD · Shalvata MHC

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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