Electrodermal Hyporeactivity And Depression

NCT02915757 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2016-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Suicide, suicide attempts and depression are major social problems. The present research program focuses on the relationship between electrodermal hyporeactivity, as measured by the ElectroDermal Orienting Reactivity (EDOR) Test, and suicide and suicide attempts with death intent in patients with a primary diagnosis of depression. Electrodermal hyporeactivity has in several publications from different laboratories repeatedly been shown to have a high sensitivity (up to 97%) and high raw specificity (up to 98%) for suicide. Such levels are unique in psychiatry. The relationship between suicidal propensity and hyporeactivity can be considered as strongly significant. Almost all evidence in the topic up today has been established in research settings with specific exclusion criteria for some secondary psychiatric and some somatic illnesses. However, it is important to study the relationship between electrodermal hyporeactivity and suicide in relatively unselected patients regarding secondary psychiatric diagnoses and somatic diagnoses in a natural clinical ward situation and milieu. A previous naturalistic study proved that a test of electrodermal hyporeactivity fits very well into the daily clinical work.

Conditions

  • Depression Diagnosis

Interventions

DEVICE

EDOR test

The ElectroDermal Orienting Reactivity (EDOR) specifically is optimized for the detection of electrodermal hyporeactivity. The EDOR investigation last about 30 min. The EDOR Test Data is sent immediately after each EDOR Test for each Test Person to a Company named EMOTRA for blind analyses. The EDOR Test Report may change the basis for the assessment and a new risk assessment may be needed to be done. Blood sample and clinical assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Molise

    collaborator OTHER
  • EMOTRA-AB, Göteborgsvagen 74, 433 63 Sävedalen, Sweden

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • University Hospital, Montpellier

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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