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Study NCT ID: NCT02778334
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2019-04-25
First Post: 2016-05-04

Brief Title: Links Between Depression Anxiety Coping and Quality of Life After a Stroke
Sponsor: Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Organization: Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

Study Overview

Official Title: Links Between Depression Anxiety Coping and Quality of Life After a Stroke Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms and Individual Coping Strategies of the Acute Phase in the Fourth Month as a Factor Influencing Mental Health and Quality of Life
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2018-04
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: COPING
Brief Summary: Introduction and literature review With 130 000 cases per year in France in 2010 stroke is one of the most common neurological diseases often leaving many disabling sequelae physical and cognitive levels currently live 500 000 disabled following a stroke and leading and a loss of significant autonomy in these patients However many stroke survivors soon find a range comparable to their previous state Investigators can then ask ourselves about the impact of this life event in these people who apparently do not show visible effects what about the psychological repercussions of stroke in these patients healthy what is changed in their daily lives particularly in their mental functioning after this brutal confrontation with their own mortality

Objectives Our project aims to better understand the psychological repercussions of stroke in patients who quickly find a health and autonomy comparable to their previous state The objective will be to investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and anxiety coping strategies and quality of life from the acute phase and during the first months after the onset of stroke This period is particularly demanding for these patients must therefore adapt and readjust continuously shock stroke hospitalization in several services intensive care neurology rehabilitation back home new life with the changes related stroke resumption of a professional activity etc

Our methodology will combine tools conventionally used standardized interview validated questionnaires to newer ecological and true methods Experience Sampling Method applied by the use of a smarphone application to assess different variables studied

This initially be determined whether the various symptoms of the depression on the one hand and anxiety on the other hand depending on their mode of expression vs outsourced internalized ie emotional cognitive somatic observed from the acute phase of stroke are related and predict the quality of life depression and anxiety in the longer term four months after the stroke

Furthermore our study will observe if the individual coping strategies coping daily and evolution influence the psychological status and quality of life during the months following the stroke
Detailed Description: Introduction and literature review With 130 000 cases per year in France in 2010 stroke is one of the most common neurological diseases often leaving many disabling sequelae physical and cognitive levels currently live 500 000 disabled following a stroke and leading and a loss of significant autonomy in these patients However many stroke survivors soon find a range comparable to their previous state Investigators can then ask ourselves about the impact of this life event in these people who apparently do not show visible effects what about the psychological repercussions of stroke in these patients healthy what is changed in their daily lives particularly in their mental functioning after this brutal confrontation with their own mortality Research on psychology and psychiatric disorders post-stroke indicate a frequency of occurrence of depression in 30-40 of patients while the occurrence of anxiety disorders in 20 to 30 of patients Depression and anxiety after stroke is influenced by the presence of sequels but in a preliminary study see Psycho-stroke current study with patients with no impairment of their independence three months after stroke Investigators observed the presence of depressive and anxious symptoms

The psychological health influences the patients quality of life overall Recent results have thus demonstrated that post-stroke depression increased the risk of short- and long-term mortality It therefore seems essential to identify risk factors and influence of depression and anxiety after stroke particularly in patients rapidly and almost completely recovering from the aftermath of their accident to prevent the emergence and to support them

In the scientific literature individual coping strategies or coping strategies and their development are identified as a factor of influence of post-stroke psychological health Thus an active coping centered on the problem would be associated with better mental health status while a passive coping centered on managing emotions would instead be a poor prognostic factor However the clinical understanding of the everyday process of adaptation among survivors of stroke is limited by the assessment methods conventionally used in the research which questioned the memory in general of the subject

Modern techniques and increasingly used as Experiences Sampling Method ESM or the Ecological Momentary Assessment EMA allow the assessment of individual functioning in more ecologically being carried out in the natural environment of the subject and greatly limit through retrospective recall The application of these methods to a population of stroke survivors has already been validated and one study also shows that the active behaviors work sport would be a post-stroke depression risk factor whereas the presence of a social environment among friends relatives would be a protective factor However this study is only interested in certain types of behavior comparable to some coping strategies active coping social support research but not representative of a whole while other studies specifically interested in the evaluation of coping with this method but not with stroke patients It seems interesting to use a similar methodology to observe in vivo finer and more accurate adaptation strategies in stroke survivors and thus have an ecological representation of their coping

The other factor of influence that Investigators chose to investigate in our study relates to the symptomatic forms of depression and anxiety It is important first to note that the somatic and cognitive consequences of stroke are close to some depression and anxiety manifestations This symptomatic overlap makes it difficult locating and diagnosing these disorders Determine their specific seems necessary and would involve the identification of symptoms of these psychopathological that would significantly associated with depression and anxiety lasting and intense

Studies of post-stroke depression reveal that symptoms related to mood thoughts and depressive emotions are more durable and predict diagnosis and depression intensity in the longer term then somatic symptoms fatigue during the acute phase of stroke showed no significant association with long-term mental health

Investigators found no published studies indicating the results on this subject regarding post-stroke anxiety However in the Psycho-stroke current study initial results show that the psychic symptoms of anxiety three months after the stroke predicted anxiety in six months Investigators would like to deepen these results by focusing on these shorter-term variables that is to say from the first days after the occurrence of the accident and study their links with the mental health status and quality life during the first months following the stroke

Again the use of modern evaluation methods ESM EMA will capture the emotional and psychological phenomena almost instantaneously and thus promote the clinical understanding of mental disorders after stroke This approach already applied in the context of post-stroke depression however was not used in the study of anxiety in this population although research with d other populations are interested in anxiety as assessed

Objectives

Our project aims to better understand the psychological repercussions of stroke in patients who quickly find a health and autonomy comparable to their previous state The objective will be to investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and anxiety coping strategies and quality of life from the acute phase and during the first months after the onset of stroke This period is particularly demanding for these patients must therefore adapt and readjust continuously shock stroke hospitalization in several services intensive care neurology rehabilitation back home new life with the changes related stroke resumption of a professional activity etc

Our methodology will combine tools conventionally used standardized interview validated questionnaires to newer ecological and true methods Experience Sampling Method applied by the use of a smarphone application to assess different variables studied

This initially be determined whether the various symptoms of the depression on the one hand and anxiety on the other hand depending on their mode of expression vs outsourced internalized ie emotional cognitive somatic observed from the acute phase of stroke are related and predict the quality of life depression and anxiety in the longer term four months after the stroke

Furthermore our study will observe if the individual coping strategies coping daily and evolution influence the psychological status and quality of life during the months following the stroke

Methodology

Population

N waited 75 patients Recruitment Location Neuro-Vascular Unit at St Joseph Hospital

Study duration 18 to 24 months depending on the pace of inclusion

Procedure

After submission and approval of the project by the Patient Protection Committee will be proposed to patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria to participate in the study after being informed of its progress and its objectives note cf Annexes and meeting with the psychologist Camille Vansimaeys psychologist and principal investigator of this study will also be the only one to see patients and to conduct interviews as part of this research Patients who accept will be seen in maintenance during hospitalization in Neuro-Vascular Unit T0 4 to 7 days post-stroke to assess depression and anxiety hetero-evaluation Socio-demographic and medical data will be collected in files and anonymous

At the time of the release of the UNV T1 12 day average hospitalization patients will be divided into two groups 1 patients who return home and 2 patients who continued hospitalization in rehabilitation Depression anxiety quality of life and coping strategies will be assessed by self-administered questionnaires A first phase of ambulatory ESM EMA will also take place following the UNV output 5 times a day for 7 days patients will respond to questions evaluating depression anxiety and coping strategies Patients will answer these questions via a smartphone app issues ESM The application will be directly installed on personal smartphones patients who have them For patients who do not own a smartphone configured only to be used for the application will be lent their time to the study by the University Paris Descartes Patients who will be entrusted these smartphones will sign an additional form framing the terms of the loan An explanation of the operation of the application and smartphones will be made at the time of the first interview in hospital a training phase is then performed during hospitalization

During phase measurements by smartphones patients will be contacted three days after the first evaluation to address and resolve any difficulties of use and to remind people with a smartphone lent loading

Another ambulatory phase on the same model as that performed at T1 5 times daily for 7 days accompanied by a self-assessment of depression anxiety coping strategies and quality of life will made 2 months post-stroke T2

The last time the study will take place 4 months after stroke onset T3 Patients will be reviewed in interview to assess depression and anxiety hetero and self assessments as well as coping strategies and quality of life self-questionnaires Ambulatory measurement phase for 1 week 5 times a day also accompanied this evaluation It will be made before the interview to half our population and then the other half to control a possible parasitic effect

ethical implications The intervention of this research with vulnerable patients by the occurrence of a stroke and therefore may have a certain psychic and emotional vulnerability in a particularly challenging time for them implies that Investigators are attentive to many ethical considerations

First it is important to emphasize that proper monitoring will be offered to patients whose psychic suffering is manifest in the different assessments Investigators will verify if they have followed up to these difficulties and if so Investigators redirect to health professionals so that they can be supported

Similarly patients who simply express a follow-up request will be directed to an appropriate care

It will also be checked that each patient and willing to participate in this research has understood the objectives and conduct

It will also be specified clearly that their participation their refusal to participate or withdrawal during the study in no case affect the management or the relationship with the medical and nursing teams

Tools

All tools used were validated their French version

Straight-evaluation The hetero-evaluative tools involve the identification of semiotic elements in a semi-structured clinical interview conducted by an experienced evaluator and trained in the award of these tools in this case the clinical psychologist in charge of the study They are not filled by patients it is the investigator psychologist who asks questions based on these questionnaires but that can be formulated differently in different patients

MINI Mini International Neuropsychiatric Inventory Sheehan et al 1998 Lecrubier et al 1998 This is a must-semi-structured interview guide in psychological research the use of which is part of the professional practice of psychologist This inventory is to gather information and semiotic elements to assist in the diagnosis of certain psychiatric disorders according to DSM-IV Modules A major depressive disorder B dysthymia I post-traumatic stress disorder O GAD and L psychotic disorders MINI will be used to assess the presence or absence of disorders mood major depression dysthymia anxiety disorders generalized anxiety or post-traumatic stress assess relevant in our study by the traumatogenic dimension of Stroke and identify subjects which present a psychotic disorder to not to include in the study mainly because of their altered perception of reality In addition the module for psychotic disorders is introduced to the patient by telling him that now the invastigator will ask him questions about some unusual or bizarre experiments that can occur in some people Thereby depersonalize maintenance reassurance on the fact that these issues are part of a standard valuation method and they are not raised in order to argue a diagnostic hypothesis concerning him

MADRS 10 items Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale Montgomery and Asberg 1979 Lempérière 1984 will be used to assess the intensity of depressive symptoms This scale is the reference scale in this area it includes ten items that assess different aspects of depressive symptomatology

HAM-A 14 items Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale Hamilton 1959 Pichot 1959 is a scale for measuring state anxiety This scale have an intensity score of general anxiety consisting of two sub-scores for somatic anxiety one hand and on the other psychic anxiety

Self evaluation These tools are questionnaires that are completed by the person who self-evaluated

BDI-II 21 items Beck Depression Inventory 2nd ed assesses the severity of depressive symptoms Twenty-one groups of statements on the different symptoms of depression are available the patient selects the one that best matches how he feels The advantage of choosing this tool is that it assesses different aspects of depression both in terms of physical symptoms that cognitive and emotional

HADS 14 items Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale This scale assesses the severity of depressive and anxious symptomatology This is the most used tool in all somatic diseases and neurological particular This survey presents the advantage of being very short while assessing symptoms both somatic and psychological symptomatology of these

Brief-COPE 28 items

This questionnaire assesses 14 separate dimensions of coping two items per dimensions active coping planning instrumental support emotional support expression of feelings positive reinterpretation acceptance denial blame humor religion entertainment substance use and disengagement behavioral

WHOQOL BREF is a scale assessing the quality of life using 26 items including two related to the overall quality of life This questionnaire allows us to understand dimensionally the subjective perception of the persons life in the different fields that can compose Physical health including aspects such as pain fatigue or working abilities mental health composed among others by the positive and negative emotions and self-esteem social relations including personal private life or the available social support and finally the living environment with elements such as financial resources access to information resources recreation etc

Ambulatory Measures ESM EMA These measures will be carried out via a smartphone app The selected items are from previous studies that measured these variables or built specifically for the study on the basis of validated tools

Symptoms of depression and anxiety the symptoms of depression and anxiety present in the DSM-IV-TR and show a variability in a day will be assessed dimensionally on a Likert scale 7 points Eg for depression sad mood anhedonia fatigue difficulty concentrating negative pessimistic thoughts

Life events questions will focus on the occurrence in the last three hours of events that have a positive impact on one hand and negative on the other Participants should indicate the specific areas of life for these events

strategies to adapt to stressful events coping strategies will be evaluated by adapting the questions brief-COPE Participants will indicate how they reacted to the negative event previously identified by selecting from a list of statements those that match their response for example I turned e to work or other activities to take my mind

Evaluation methods used at different times of the study

Preservation and analysis of data

A basic anonymous data will be created Only the investigator will have access to the concordance table to link the questionnaires completed by patients with data in the database is created

The statistical study will be conducted by the investigator himself locally in the hospital Saint Joseph group There will be no exchange of data Different statistical tests will be used to analyze the data analyzes of variances correlations regressions Investigators will try and update significant associations between depressive and anxious symptoms coping and quality of life during the first months after stroke controlling the influence variables effect neurological status level autonomy hospital stay and time of return home etc Investigators will compare the evolution of different dimensions between the two subgroups of patients back home or inpatient rehabilitation T1 service

Medical information on stroke and data on the effects cognitive and motor functions affected severity of sequelae areas in which autonomy would eventually be reduced type and location of stroke etc will be account when analyzing the results to investigate the possible existence of links between and anxiety and depression levels

The data stored on smartphones will be transferred directly to the smartphone to the computer that will store the data is hosted on a secure server certified In this case the server will either already obtained the necessary authorizations CNIL or an application will be made

Expected results

The general clinical significance of this project is to determine the elements for identifying at the time of initial hospitalization following a stroke patients at risk of adversely psychological evolution as physical and medical condition allows them to quickly return home

The results will have an interest in both the assessment on the management of post-stroke psychiatric disorders distinguishing characteristics of depression and anxiety consecutive in this event in order to facilitate the diagnosis from the acute phase stroke and direct support The symptomatological risk profiles can thus be detected and specific therapies on the prominent symptoms such disorders in the field of stroke may be proposed and or developed

Moreover the results will enable a greener and more detailed understanding of the process connecting the individual coping strategies post-stroke psychological problems and quality of life in various important time of the disease

project interests Our project has several interests First it provides a longitudinal study tracking over the first months post-stroke combining several complementary assessment methods that will enable a more comprehensive representation of psychological manifestations standardized tools traditionally used and more environmentally friendly methods

This design study should provide a better understanding of psychic and their development at key stages of life process for patients after stroke hospitalization in another service return home

Several clinical implications are expected develop prevention of post-stroke psychological problems by allowing the specific identification of depression and anxiety from the acute phase identify targeted supported on the specifics of these disorders in the field of stroke improve Supported favoring the development of coping strategies associated with long-term mental health and to reduce those associated with negative development understand how these healthy patients after stroke and quickly return home live these important steps to provide support tailored to suit their specific needs

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None