Behavioural Impulsivity in Clinical Samples (BICs)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Behavioural Impulsivity in Clinical Samples (BICs)
IRAS ID
270644
Contact name
Deb Pal
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 1 days
Research summary
Behavioural Impulsivity consists of several components including attention risk-taking and response inhibition. It is a core component of many neuropsychiatric and personality disorders such as addiction, psychosis and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Recent work has shown that behavioural impulsivity in teenage epilepsy is associated with poor seizure control and may be correlated with poor psychosocial outcomes. We have recently collected a dataset in teenage epilepsy (Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy/JME) on behavioural impulsivity using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Brief (BIS-Brief), an 8-item abbreviated version of the more widely used 30-item BIS-11. While the distribution of behavioural impulsivity trait scores (BIS) in the sample are elevated compared to published norms, we lack comparison with age and sex matched clinical populations to evaluate the distribution of BIS in epilepsy. In this project, we would like to collect primary data using the BIS-Brief questionnaire in a control sample and in outpatient clinical samples including psychosis and ADHD. We will compare total and individual item scores across samples of 75 in each group, matched on sex (F:M 1.7:1 - meaning that more females have a diagnosis of JME - for 1 male diagnosed with JME there are 1.7 females) and age (16-40 years).
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/YH/0033
Date of REC Opinion
5 Feb 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion