Evaluation of Hoarding Behaviour and Eating Disorders Among Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants

NCT03772301 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: HYMC-0083-18
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

"Hoarding "is a common behavior among Holocaust survivors and is related to the traumatic events they have experienced, and we assume that storage behavior and eating disorders are related to future generations of Holocaust survivors.

Conditions

Hoarding Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Hoarding

  Questionnaire that will follow behaviour over generations

  Three years

Study Arms (3)

Group 1

At least 200 Jewish Holocaust survivors of the first generation living in Germany and Israel - an equal number in each country

Group 2

The second generation, whose parents lived in Europe during the Second World War, now live in Germany (originating from Western and Eastern Europe) - at least 200 participants.

Group 3

Third generation of Jewish Holocaust survivors who participated in the first phase, currently living in Germany and Israel - at least 200 participants including at least 100 subjects in each country. These are adults only. The research program does not include children and adolescents

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Jewish Holocaust survivors living in Germany and Israel Their direct offspring and their children (second and third generation)

You may qualify if:

• Jewish Holocaust survivors living in Germany and Israel who have expressed their written and written consent to participate in monitoring and testing, and who are able to answer the research questionnaires.
• Their direct offspring and their children (second and third generation)
• The control population - non-Jewish subjects who are not the descendants of Holocaust survivors living in Germany who have expressed their written and oral consent to participate in monitoring and testing and who are able to answer the research questionnaires and whose parents were not imprisoned in the camps second.

You may not qualify if:

• (Participants who do not agree to participate (did not sign informed consent form
• Respondents who are unable to answer interviewer questions
• Non-Jewish subjects whose parents were in camps (ie prisoner camps, labor camps, etc.) during the second war.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hillel Yaffe Medical Center: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hoarding Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 10, 2018
• First Posted: December 11, 2018
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2022
• Study Completion: January 1, 2022
• Last Updated: December 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-12