Role of Self-focused Attention in Depression

NCT05464550 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-A01098-33
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Using a task measuring the tracking of eye movements, the aim of this study is to demonstrate that individuals suffering from depression focus their attention more on their reflection in the screen after recalling a failure (and this all the more so as their depressive symptomatology is strong) .

Conditions

Depression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percentage of time

  Average percentage of time spent on the area of a reflective black computer screen after and before remembering a failure. The area of interest encompasses the reflection of the patient's face, without his attention being explicitly drawn to this area.

  through study completion, an average of 10 months.

Study Arms (1)

Eye tracking

EXPERIMENTAL

Utilisation of a eye tracker on a screen.

Behavioral: Eye tracker

Interventions

Eye tracker BEHAVIORAL

Eye movements on a screen are captured with an eye tracker during a repeated measures before/after a directed autobiographical recall.

Eye tracking

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• patients with depressive disorders according to the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) criteria
• Men or women, aged 18 to 60
• patients without mental impairment
• patients without neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma)
• patients with a sufficient command of French
• free patients, without guardianship or curators or subordination
• patients benefiting from coverage by a social security scheme or benefiting from it through a third party in accordance with the French law on biomedical research
• obtaining oral non-objection by the patient after clear and honest information about the study
• Patient with normal or corrected vision without rigid contact lenses

You may not qualify if:

• patients with an intelligence quotient \< 70
• patients aged \< 18 years or \> 60 years
• patients with mental impairment
• patients with neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma)
• patients who do not speak French well enough
• patients hospitalized under duress
• patients without social security
• Patient wearing rigid contact lenses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit

Poitiers, 86000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 21, 2022
• First Posted: July 19, 2022
• Study Start: December 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2022
• Study Completion: June 16, 2022
• Last Updated: May 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)