The German Version of the Awareness of Social Inference Test

NCT03450356 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2017-01193; me15Sollberger
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 240
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Goal of the current project is the development of a German-language test battery for a realistic investigation of core areas of social issues Cognition (emotion, perspective taking). This test battery should be used in the investigation of patients with neuropsychological disorders. Investigators plan to establish a German-version of the TASIT that is more sensitive and shorter in administration than the original TASIT.

Conditions

Social Cognition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Accuracy rate in emotion perception and perception of beliefs and intentions

  The proportion of top scorers for any question - i.e. the proportion of participants who reach the full score of a specific scene. This proportion will be estimated for each scene and intensity separately with 95% confidence interval.

  60 minutes

• Accuracy rate in perception of beliefs

  The proportion of top scorers for any question - i.e. the proportion of participants who reach the full score of a specific scene. This proportion will be estimated for each scene and intensity separately with 95% confidence interval.

  60 minutes

• Accuracy rate in perception of intentions

  The proportion of top scorers for any question - i.e. the proportion of participants who reach the full score of a specific scene. This proportion will be estimated for each scene and intensity separately with 95% confidence interval.

  60 minutes

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 35 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy volunteers

You may qualify if:

• from the age of 35,
• at least 7 years of education
• understand German or Swiss German
• Subjective statement of good health
• Signed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) value below the fifth percentile of subjectively cognitive healthy persons
• signs of depressive mood (Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score ≥ 5 points or Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) ≥ 10 points)
• Severe sensory deficits with potentially negative influence test results
• Severe motor deficits with potentially negative influence test results
• Systemic diseases or brain diseases with potentially negative Influence on test results
• St. n. Traumatic brain injury (with unconsciousness of at least 30 minutes)
• Severe pain with potentially negative influence on the test results
• Psychiatric problems like alcohol dependence syndrome or Schizophrenia according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)®-5
• Regular use of drugs with potentially negative Influence on the test results with the exception of taking Benzodiazepines at night
• general anesthesia less than 3 months ago

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital

Basel, 4044, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Marc Sollberger, PD Dr.

  University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 23, 2018
• First Posted: March 1, 2018
• Study Start: January 2, 2018
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2020
• Study Completion: March 31, 2020
• Last Updated: August 12, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Locations

CH (1)