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Status unknownNCT03414606HLGDepUpdated Feb 6, 2018

Social Behavior in Depression

An observational study in Depression, sponsored by Beijing Normal University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-06.

Sponsored by Beijing Normal University · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2018), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
25
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In the project, investigators basically plan to test the difference in social behavior and social cognition between depressive patients and healthy individuals. To test this, investigators plan to use traditional or novel behavioral experiment paradigms to target various behaviors.

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Conditions studied

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Individuals diagnosed with depression and healthy control

Inclusion criteria

  • Age range between 18 and 60
  • Education experience above high school
  • Score for Hamilton's Depression Scale >=17
  • Diagnosis of depression through Scid

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Undergoing electric shock treatment in 3 months
  • Excluding those who with bipolar disorder
  • Excluding those who with postpartum depression
  • Excluding those who with hysteria
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
25 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
1 Month
Patient registry
Yes
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prosocial behavior

    The prosocial behavior will be assessed by conventional economic games, including dictator game, message game, and ultimatum game.

    Time frame: Baseline

  2. Cognitive flexibility

    Cognitive flexibility will be assessed by psychological cognitive paradigm, i.e. reversal learning paradigm. The participants will be asked to choose the item with high probability to win reward.

    Time frame: Baseline

  3. Valuation of social information

    The valuation of social information was measured by psychological paradigm, developed from animal studies, called "pay-per-view". The participants will be asked make decision about more social information or more monetary reward.

    Time frame: Baseline

  4. Optimism bias

    Participants will complete two sessions of life event estimation, i.e. estimating their likelihood of experiencing each event on a self-paced basis.

    Time frame: Baseline

  5. Emotion recognition

    After viewing a video, participants will be asked to judge the person's attitude in the video. Through this paradigm, investigators could test emotional bias in social interaction in depressive patients.

    Time frame: Baseline

  6. Model-free & model-based tendency

    Participants will be asked to complete a two-stage task, by choosing the stimuli with high probability to obtain reward.

    Time frame: Baseline

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Huilongguan Hospital
    Beijing, China
    • Yina Ma, Doctor · Contact
    • Yina Ma, Doctor · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03414606
Lead sponsor
Beijing Normal University
Collaborators
Huilongguan Hospital
Responsible party
ma, yina (Principal Investigator, Beijing Normal University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 30, 2018
Start date
Feb 1, 2017
Primary completion
Feb 16, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 1, 2018 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 6, 2018

Study contacts

Yina Ma, Doctor
Contact
yma@bnu.edu.cn
+8613810258647
Yina Ma, Doctor
study chair · Beijing Normal University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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