Evaluation of Cognitive Function in a Suicidal Crisis

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03519802

Acronym

CocaCS

Enrollment

140

Registered

2018-05-09

Start date

2016-09-20

Completion date

2024-03-25

Last updated

2025-12-23

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Conditions

Suicide

Keywords

Cognitive functions, MoCA test

Brief summary

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

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of patients having a score in MoCA test strictly under 26	at inclusion

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Variation in MoCA test scores between before (V1) and after hospitalization (V2)	an average at 3 months after inclusion
Variation in scores to the subtests between between before (V1) and after hospitalization (V2)	an average at 3 months after inclusion
Rate of patients having lower subtests scores than the standards	an average at 3 months after inclusion

Countries

France

Outcome results