Linguistic Characteristics of Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01594138
First received: April 30, 2012
Last updated: April 22, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients who have a high risk for serious suicide behavior will demonstrate a speech pattern that has a relationship to language patterns found in suicide notes.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Suicide |
Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire |
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Study Design: | Observational Model: Case Control Time Perspective: Prospective |
| Official Title: | Linguistic Characteristics of Suicidal Patients in the ED (Emergency Department) |
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Further study details as provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Differences between questionnaire responses from adolescents with and without suicidal behavior [ Time Frame: At time of questinnaire administration ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 60 |
| Study Start Date: | September 2009 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2013 |
| Primary Completion Date: | November 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Suicidal Subjects |
Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire,Peabody Caregiver Background Form,CCHMC Suicide History Form,and ubiquitous questionnaire(UQ ver.2011)
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| Non-Suicidal Control Subjects |
Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire,Peabody Caregiver Background Form,CCHMC Suicide History Form,and ubiquitous questionnaire(UQ ver.2011)
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Detailed Description:
In an average week the CCHMC Emergency Department (ED) evaluates 40 patients with suicidal behavior. Currently, there is no systematic method for assessment of suicide risk in these patients and often, emergency department staff are required to make judgments about the disposition of these patients without a full understanding of the patient's risk for another serious suicide attempt. This pilot project involves experts in child psychiatry, biomedical informatics, and emergency medicine to collect pilot data for developing a method to estimate the risk of serious suicidal behavior based on computational linguistics.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 13 Years to 17 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
| Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Study Population
CCHMC suicidal and non-suicidal adolescents
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Suicidal Subjects:
- Subjects age 13 years 0 months to 17 years, 11 months old
- Admission to CCHMC ED, psychiatric units, or medical units with suicidal behavior or attempt
- The patient and legal guardian must understand the nature of the study and be able to comply with protocol requirements. The legal guardian must give written informed consent and the youth, written assent.
- English is spoken as the primary language in the home
Inclusion Criteria for Non-Suicidal Subjects:
- Subjects age 13 years 0 months to 17 years, 11 months old
- Admission to CCHMC ED with no current or no history of suicide ideation/attempt/gesture
- No past or current history of a major mood disorder
- No history of death by suicide in first-degree relatives
- The patient and legal guardian must understand the nature of the study and be able to comply with protocol requirements. The legal guardian must give written informed consent and the youth, written assent.
- English is spoken as the primary language in the home
Exclusion Criteria for Suicidal Subjects:
- Any serious, unstable medical illness or clinically significant abnormal laboratory assessments that would adversely impact the scientific interpretability or unduly increase the risks of the protocol
- Level of consciousness precludes consent and research assessments
- Unable to assent because of severe mental retardation or incapacitating psychosis
Exclusion Criteria for Non-Suicidal Subjects:
- Any current or past suicide attempts
- Any serious, unstable medical illness or clinically significant abnormal laboratory assessments that would adversely impact the scientific interpretability or unduly increase the risks of the protocol.
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01594138
Locations
| United States, Ohio | |
| Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center | |
| Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | John Pestian, PhD | Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01594138 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 2008-1421 |
| Study First Received: | April 30, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | April 22, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Emergencies Suicide Disease Attributes |
Pathologic Processes Self-Injurious Behavior Behavioral Symptoms |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013