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NCT Number: NCT03519802

Evaluation of Cognitive Function in a Suicidal Crisis

The aftermath of suicide is devastating, being the cause of 800 000 deaths every year worldwide. In France, suicide still causes about 10 000 deaths per year and the number of suicide attempts (SA) is estimated between 170 000 and 200 000 per year (InVS).

It is often thought that a suicidal crisis is only related to depression, as it actually is a far more complex phenomenon. A suicidal crisis can occur on various grounds like psychiatric disorders but also contextual events or somatic diseases and it has been hypothesized that suicidal ideas or inclinations could have a common and independent cognitive origin

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Key information

Conditions

Suicide Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Self-Injurious Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHRU,Hôpital Fontan

Lille, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Normal or corrected vision
  • Having understood the information not and having signed the form of consent
  • Being hospitalized for suicidal ideas (Score with inclusion at the level of Beck > 3) or after a suicide attempt of less than one week.

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant woman and/or nursing
  • Diagnosed irrational pathology
  • Known proven intellectual deficiency
  • Patient whose physical or mental status does not allow to pass the tests of the study
  • Being under supervision or trusteeship or private of freedom or in emergency

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of patients having a score in MoCA test strictly under 26

    Time frame: at inclusion

Secondary outcomes

  1. Variation in MoCA test scores between before (V1) and after hospitalization (V2)

    Time frame: an average at 3 months after inclusion

  2. Variation in scores to the subtests between between before (V1) and after hospitalization (V2)

    Time frame: an average at 3 months after inclusion

  3. Rate of patients having lower subtests scores than the standards

    Time frame: an average at 3 months after inclusion

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Lille

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Cognitive Function in a Suicidal Crisis and Interest to Achieve a MoCA Test in Acute Situations

Acronym: CocaCS

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 9, 2018
Registry last updated
Dec 23, 2025

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