Self-Monitoring and Psychoeducation in Bipolar Patients With a Smart-phone Application

Launched by HOSPITAL CLINIC OF BARCELONA · Oct 6, 2014

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The main aim of this study is to develop and clinically validate a smart-phone application to monitor symptoms and signs in stable bipolar patients, offering also customized embedded psycho-education contents and empower the self-management of their disorder to avoid relapses and hospitalizations. Secondary objectives will be to explore other clinical benefits among the smart-phone application users such as biological rhythms, manic/hypomanic and depressive symptoms, quality of life, suicide attempts, pharmacological treatment changes as well as healthcare resource consumption (outpatient a...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with the current diagnosis of Bipolar disorder type I or type II according to current DSM-5 criteria and confirmed with a semi structured interview (SCID).
• • Hamilton Depression Scale score under or equal to 8 during the last month.
• • Young Mania Rating Scale score under or equal to 6 during the last month.
• • No history of relapses during the last 3 previous months but at least 1 relapse during the last year.
• • Availability of a telephone account with an unlimited data plan during the 12 following months.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Lack of skills to use the offered smart-phone or unwillingness to learn them.
• • FAST score above or equal to 20.
• • Past or current participation in psychoeducation groups.
• • Obsessive-compulsive disorder according to DSM-5 criteria.
• • Concomitant severe medical condition.
• • Pregnancy.