Bipolar Interactive PsychoEDucation trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bipolar disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Bipolar affective disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81375447
• Lead Sponsor: Cardiff University (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 8 January 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria of bipolar disorder (including type I and type II)
2. Male and female
3. Aged between 18 - 65 years

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to engage fully in the psychoeducational programme (for example, because of cognitive impairment or not having English language of sufficient ability).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life, assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-Bref). Outcome assessments will occur 6 months after the end of the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores<br>2. Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) scores<br>3. Schedule of Assessment of Insight (SAI) scores<br>4. Current depressive symptoms according to the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and current manic symptoms according to the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) scale<br>5. All participants will be re-assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) applied to the 6 month follow-up period in order to obtain information about the number and severity of depressive and manic symptoms and number of episodes of depression and mania or hypomania experienced during this follow-up period<br>6. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the intervention<br><br>Outcome assessments will occur 6 months after the end of the intervention.