Is Acne a Skin Disease Affecting the Brain Functions? Neurocognition in Patients With Acne Vulgaris

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01931774

Enrollment

Registered

2013-08-29

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2013-08-29

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Conditions

Acne Vulgaris

Keywords

acne vulgaris cognitive functions

Brief summary

Acne vulgaris usually causes psychological distress, depression, and anxiety disorders that may impair neurocognitive functions such as memory, attention, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, which are also common psychiatric disorders in patients with acne. The purpose of this study is to determine cognitive functioning in treatment naive acne patients, without a history of any psychiatric disorder.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

The participants that had a symptom or a history of mental retardation (IQ \< 70), serious head trauma, seizures or any other mental disorder, and participants on any medical treatment will be excluded. Participants with a family history (first degree relatives) of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder will also be excluded to avoid the negative effect of these disorders on cognitive functions. The same

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive functions	baseline

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
anxiety	baseline

Other

Measure	Time frame
depression	baseline

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results