Table 1 Study plan and assessments
Baseline | 12 month follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | x | Cultural background, marital status, gender, age, level and total years of education, and professional status | |
Illness characteristics | x | Age of onset, total number of episodes and admissions, suicide attempts, severity of mood symptoms, family history of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse | |
Treatment information | x | x | Health care providers involved, agreement on treatment plan, follow-up patterns, type of maintenance pharmacotherapy, participation in group and non-drug therapies (psycho-education, use of an emergency plan and prospective lifechart, social rhythm and other psychotherapies) |
Clinical outcome | x | x | CGI-BP-change (modified), QIDS-SR, ASRM |
Satisfaction with care | x | x | 10 point Likert scale |
Quality of life | x | x | WHOQoL-bref |
Functioning | x | x | FAST (modified) |
Adherence | x | x | DAI-10 |
Burden of care | x | x | BES |
Treatment center information | x | x | Treatment setting, composition of treatment staff, availability of group psychoeducation program, use of rating scales, additional training in the treatment of bipolar disorder (e.g. attendance of conferences, training programs), number of patients with bipolar disorder treated |