Linguistic Characteristics of Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department

NCT01594138 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2008-1421
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Suicide

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Differences between questionnaire responses from adolescents with and without suicidal behavior

  At time of questinnaire administration

Study Arms (2)

Suicidal Subjects

Suicidal Subjects

Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire

Non-Suicidal Control Subjects

Non-Suicidal Control Subjects

Other: Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire

Interventions

Standardized questionnaires and a ubiquitous questionnaire OTHER

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; Suicidal Subjects

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

CCHMC suicidal and non-suicidal adolescents

You may qualify if:

• 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
• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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
• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• John Pestian, PhD

  Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2012
• First Posted: May 8, 2012
• Study Start: September 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2011
• Study Completion: July 1, 2014
• Last Updated: February 15, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)