Use of Care Services by Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02829658

Acronym

EpiB

Enrollment

Registered

2016-07-12

Start date

2009-02-28

Completion date

2010-06-30

Last updated

2017-05-12

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Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder

Brief summary

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability and impulsivity. Several North American prospective studies support the high level of mental health care utilization in this population. There is little data in other systems of health organization, such as France. Furthermore, little is known on the variables associated with the mental health service utilization among BPD patients. The main objective was to compare the utilization of mental health care among BPD patients, to the general population and patients with another personality disorder (PD) and to describe the demographic and clinical factors associated with the group of patients who use the most health care.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPsychologic test

Assessment by a psychologist including the Structured Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV Personality Disorders (SIDP-IV) was given straight to those who had a score above 28. This questionnaire allowed us to distinguish one group of subjects with BPD and a group with other PD (without BPD). Clinical evaluation included Axis I (MINI), Axis II (SIDP-IV), psychopathological features (YSQ-I, Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40), demographic variables and therapeutic alliance (Haq-II).

OTHERNo intervention

No intervention

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Affiliated with the health insurance * Inpatient Psychiatry

Exclusion criteria

* Patient in forced hospitalization * chronic psychotic disorder, mania or hypomania state, known mental retardation. * Patient does not speak or read French

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Compare data among BPD Patients and general population	during five years previously to the inclusion	Utilization of mental health care

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Hospitalizations	During five years previously to the inclusion	Compare hospitalizations between BPD patients and general population
Demographics data	Inclusion	Compare demographic data between BPD patient and general population

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026