Bipolar Disorder Patients Follow-up (BDPF): methods and materials

作者：Shabani Amir^*; Taheri Aida; Azadforouz Sanaz; Abbasi Chehreh Najd; Mousavi Zahra; Zangeneh Kambiz; Shariat Seyed Vahid; Nohesara Shabnam; Naserbakht Morteza; Taban Mojgan; Kokar Sadaf; Teimoorinejad Samaneh; Hakimshooshtary Mitra; Shirazi Elham

来源：Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2010, 15(4): 229-234.

• Bipolar Disorder
• Follow Up
• Naturalistic Study
• Outcome Study
• Longitudinal Study
• Iran

BACKGROUND: The Bipolar Disorder Patients Follow-up (BDPF) project is a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. The purpose of the present report is to introduce the project, elaborate its methods, and present the reliability data of the utilized symptoms rating scales.
METHODS: The sampling started in May 2008 and is still in progress. The probands are assessed at the beginning of the sampling and then 2 and 6 months later and then every 6 months using several instruments to identify psychiatric comorbidities, symptoms severity, quality of life, attempted suicide rate, treatment compliance, and some other factors.
RESULTS: The results could lead to increase the clinicians' awareness about the clinical picture of this disorder in Iranian patients.
CONCLUSIONS: The present project could decrease to some extent the current shortcomings in Iran's psychiatric data at least about one of the major psychiatric disorders known as the eighth result which cause medical disability over the world.

• 出版日期2010-8