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A study of the neural mechanisms and intervention of attentional bias impairment in adolescents with depressive disorders accompanied by anxiety distress

A study of the neural mechanisms and intervention of attentional bias impairment in adolescents with depressive disorders accompanied by anxiety distress

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500098948
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-03-17
Start date
2025-04-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-03-24

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Conditions

Depressive disorder

Interventions

Attention Bias Intervention Training True Intervention Group(Part 2):The E-Prime experimental software was used to present the experimental task. The attention bias task was programmed using a point d
the process of the task: (1) the attention point "E" and "F" were used in the task. (1) The focus point "+" appeared in the center of the screen, and the presentation time was 500 ms
(2) "+" disappeared, and a picture of an emotional face appeared on the left and right sides of the screen (neutral-negative matching), and the presentation time of the emotional face was 500 ms
emotional face Selected from the Chinese Faces and Emotions Picture System, there were 8 negative faces and 8 neutral faces, and half of the faces were male and half were female
(3) the emotional faces disappeared, and the target of the response appeared on the side of the screen, and the target of the response was the letter "E" or "F", and the target subjects were asked to

Sponsors

Hefei Fourth People's Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
13 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Case group: 1. aged 13-18 years old, Han Chinese, with right-handedness as the dominant hand; 2. meeting the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in the U.S. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5); 3. without significant hearing and visual impairment; 4. without contraindications to magnetic resonance examination.According to the DSM-5, depressive disorder is considered to be accompanied by anxiety distress when the person with the disorder has at least two of the following symptoms: (1). feeling agitated or tense; (2). feeling unusually fidgety; (3). having difficulty concentrating because of worry; (4) fearing that something terrible may happen; (5). feeling that they may be losing self-control; based on the above criteria, we categorized adolescents with major depressive disorder into the group with anxiety distress group (MDD/ADS+) and the group without anxiety distress (MDD/ADS-). Healthy control group: healthy adolescents matched for age, sex, and years of education to patients with adolescent depressive disorders recruited in general secondary schools during the same period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Case group: 1. history of epilepsy, coma, traumatic brain injury, and psychoactive substance use; 2. comorbid neurologic disorders or somatic disorders that may cause neurologic pathology; 3. comorbid severe somatic disorders; 4. contraindications to MRI scanning, such as artificial implants in the body, claustrophobia, etc.; 5. inability to cooperate with the completion of the attentional bias task and the MRI scan; Healthy control group: exclusion criteria were consistent with the case group.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
anxiety level;Depression level;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
the values of attentional bias ;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhong Hui

Hefei Fourth People's Hospital

zhui1324@163.com+86 135 1560 5358

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026