Clinical trial NCT02866422: Development of an Instrument That Monitors Behaviors Associated With OCD
Official title: Development of an Instrument That Monitors Behaviors Associated With OCD
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: OCD
Keywords: OCD
Lead sponsor: University of Minnesota
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: U.S. National Science Foundation
First posted: 2016-08-15
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The investigators will recruit 20 children and adolescents with OCD aged 5-17 who present to the University of Minnesota Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Clinic or who are referred from outside clinicians. Twenty healthy controls will be recruited from the community.

Brief summary: To support the discovery of new means for revealing the presence of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), facilitating detection through new technology-based metrics, and attempt to automate existing diagnostic procedures allowing for more efficient diagnostic methods that would broaden clinical scope and outreach.

Detailed description: Aim 1: To observe and compare childhood behaviors regarding handwashing in OCD and control populations

Hypothesis 1: Control participants will spend less time washing their hands, will wash them less frequently, and will be less preoccupied with the sink when doing other activities.

Aim 2: To observe and compare childhood behaviors regarding organizing a cluttered area.

Hypothesis 2: OCD participants will be more disturbed by the presence of clutter and more compelled to organize the items than control participants

Aim 3: To observe and compare childhood behaviors regarding turning on/off light switches

Hypothesis 3: OCD children will be more likely to exhibit compulsive repetitive behaviors regarding the light switch than control participants

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female children
* Aged 5 to 17

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability or unwillingness to provide written informed consent/assent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Length of Handwashing
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Behaviors Associated with Handwashing
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Length of Free Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Frequency of Movements During Free Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Amount of Space Used During Free Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Length of Carpet Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Frequency of Movements During Carpet Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Frequency of Adjustments During Carpet Arrangement
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Size of Arrangement According to Sample
timeFrame: Same Day
measure: Frequency of Checking the Sample
timeFrame: Same Day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Minnesota
name: Gail A Bernstein, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bernstein GA, Hadjiyanni T, Cullen KR, Robinson JW, Harris EC, Young AD, Fasching J, Walczak N, Lee S, Morellas V, Papanikolopoulos N. Use of Computer Vision Tools to Identify Behavioral Markers of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2017 Mar;27(2):140-147. doi: 10.1089/cap.2016.0067. Epub 2016 Nov 10.