Accuracy of the number of previous episodes reported by patients with bipolar disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Diego J MartinoSergio A Strejilevich

Abstract

The number of previous episodes in patients with BD is a variable widely used for both clinical and research purposes. The aim of this study was to compare the number of episodes retrospectively reported by euthymic BD subjects with that registered by their psychiatrists during a follow-up period. Fifty euthymic patients with BD and more than 2years of follow-up were retrospectively asked in a standardized fashion about the number of hypomanic/manic and depressive episodes suffered during that period. Patient-reported outcomes were compared with the number of episodes registered by psychiatrists in a life chart during the same period. The mean follow-up of patients was 66.70months. There was a mean difference of 2.74 episodes between reports of patients' and psychiatrists' reports during the complete follow-up period; Intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.40 (CI95%=0.15-0.61). This difference increased with the duration of the follow-up period (R=0.33, p=0.023) and with the number of episodes occurred during that (R=0.32, p=0.023). The difference between patient-reported and clinician-rated in the number of depressive during the follow-up period was more pronounced in BDII than in BDI (Z=-2.47, p=0.014), and it correlated wi...Continue Reading

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Jul 22, 2020·International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice·Charles CotrenaRochele Paz Fonseca
Nov 18, 2016·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·D J MartinoS A Strejilevich
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