Treatment Clinical Practice in Bipolar Depression in Spain

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

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Key information

Conditions

Bipolar Depression Bipolar Disorder Bipolar and Related Disorders Mental Disorders Mood Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Research Site, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

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

Acronym: EPIDEP

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Sep 23, 2008
Registry last updated: Feb 18, 2009

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