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Linguistic Characteristics of Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01594138
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 8, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 15, 2017
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
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 or disease Intervention/treatment
Suicide Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire

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.
Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 60 participants
Observational Model: Case-Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Linguistic Characteristics of Suicidal Patients in the ED (Emergency Department)
Study Start Date : September 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date : November 2011
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2014

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MedlinePlus related topics: Suicide

Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
Suicidal Subjects
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)
Non-Suicidal Control Subjects
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)


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Differences between questionnaire responses from adolescents with and without suicidal behavior [ Time Frame: At time of questinnaire administration ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   13 Years to 17 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
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.
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Locations
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United States, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: John Pestian, PhD Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
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Responsible Party: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01594138    
Other Study ID Numbers: 2008-1421
First Posted: May 8, 2012    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: February 15, 2017
Last Verified: February 2017
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No
Plan Description: There is no plan to make individual participant data available.

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Emergencies
Suicide
Disease Attributes
 Pathologic Processes
Self-Injurious Behavior
Behavioral Symptoms