Treatment Clinical Practice in Bipolar Depression in Spain

EPIDEP. Epidemiologic Study in Bipolar Depression: Evaluation of the Usual Clinical Practice of Psychiatrists in Spain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00757328

Acronym

EPIDEP

Enrollment

378

Registered

2008-09-23

Start date

2008-07-31

Completion date

2008-12-31

Last updated

2009-02-18

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Conditions

Bipolar Depression

Keywords

Bipolar depression Treatment

Brief summary

Cross-sectional observational, non interventional, multicenter study of retrospective review of clinical records of ambulatory followed up bipolar patients in order to record epidemiological aspects of the course of the disorder, more specifically of bipolar depression episodes and the clinical practices carried out by psychiatrists in Spain in bipolar depressive episodes

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosed of Bipolar Disorder I or II (DSM-IV-TR) in ambulatory follow-up * Evolution of the bipolar diagnoses inferior to 10 years * Having recorded in the patient's clinical history the clinical management of at least two bipolar depressive episodes

Exclusion criteria

* Not having enough information recorded in the clinical history for the essential measurement variables * To have taken part in other study in the last 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pharmacological treatments used in Spain by Psychiatrists in the management of bipolar depressive episodes in first and second line	Last two bipolar episodes recorded in tha patient's clinical history

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Non pharmacological treatments used in Spain by Psychiatrists in the management of bipolar depressive episodes in first and second line	Last two bipolar episodes recorded in tha patient's clinical history
Description of the course of the patients' bipolar disorder	Course of the disorder recorded in the patient's clinical history

Countries

Spain

Outcome results