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. 2010 Jul;15(4):229-34.

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

Amir Shabani  1 , Aida Taheri, Sanaz Azadforouz, Chehreh Najd Abbasi, Zahra Mousavi, Kambiz Zangeneh, Seyed Vahid Shariat, Shabnam Nohesara, Morteza Naserbakht, Mojgan Taban, Sadaf Kokar, Samaneh Teimoorinejad, Mitra Hakimshooshtary, Elham Shirazi
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Bipolar Disorder Patients Follow-up (BDPF): methods and materials

Amir Shabani et al. J Res Med Sci. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Follow Up; Iran; Longitudinal Study; Naturalistic Study; Outcome Study.

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