Development of an Instrument That Monitors Behaviors Associated With OCD

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: OCD

Treatments: Other: No Intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02866422

1403M49006

CNS 1338042 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female children
• Aged 5 to 17

Exclusion criteria

• Inability or unwillingness to provide written informed consent/assent

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

OCD

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention

Healthy Controls

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention