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NCT Number: NCT02829658

Use of Care Services by Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Disorders Personality Disorders

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital of Toulouse

Toulouse, 31000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Psychologic test

Behavioral

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).

No intervention

Other

No intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Compare data among BPD Patients and general population

    Time frame: during five years previously to the inclusion

    Utilization of mental health care

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hospitalizations

    Time frame: During five years previously to the inclusion

    Compare hospitalizations between BPD patients and general population

  2. Demographics data

    Time frame: Inclusion

    Compare demographic data between BPD patient and general population

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Toulouse

Other

Registry information

Acronym: EpiB

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jul 12, 2016
Registry last updated
May 12, 2017

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