Treatment Clinical Practice in Bipolar Depression in Spain

AstraZeneca378 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

378

Conditions

Bipolar Depression

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

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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

Locations (23)

Research Site

Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Research Site

Donostia / San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pharmacological treatments used in Spain by Psychiatrists in the management of bipolar depressive episodes in first and second line

Time frame: Last two bipolar episodes recorded in tha patient's clinical history

Secondary Outcomes

Non pharmacological treatments used in Spain by Psychiatrists in the management of bipolar depressive episodes in first and second line

Time frame: Last two bipolar episodes recorded in tha patient's clinical history

Description of the course of the patients' bipolar disorder

Time frame: Course of the disorder recorded in the patient's clinical history

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