Study of the Effectiveness of Specific Training of Health Professionals on Adherence in Bipolar Disorder

NCT ID: NCT02904083

Last Updated: 2016-09-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2020-06-30

Brief Summary

Bipolar disorders are common psychiatric disorders characterized by severe and recurrent symptomatic periods (Major Depressive Episode, mania, hypomania) and interictal periods characterized by persistent residual symptoms, impaired functioning and quality of life. In addition, the prognosis of bipolar disorder is aggravated by an increased risk of suicide and a high frequency of somatic comorbidities. Poor adherence is one of the major factors influencing the course of the disorder and one of the causes of ineffective treatments. Considering that between 20 and 60% of patients with bipolar disorder have problems with adherence. Adherence is modulated by a number of socio-demographic, clinical and neuropsychological factors. It is also modulated by the knowledge, beliefs and In addition, studies have shown that the reasons attributed to poor adherence are different depending on whether questioning patients or healthcare professionals. This fault diagnosis, assessment of the causes and "fit" into the reasons associated with poor adherence is an aggravating factor of the problem. However, this factor seems modifiable by better training of professionals. A team from Newcastle University in England has developed a training program for all health professionals to improve the diagnosis and understanding of compliance issues in bipolar patients and provide simple tools to fight against patients with this problem. The investigators assume that this training will improve medication adherence among outpatients by trained professionals.

Conditions

Bipolar Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

specific training of professionals

patients from centers where professionals have received specific training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

self assessment of adherence

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

control training of professionals

patients from centers where professionals have received control training

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

self assessment of adherence

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

self assessment of adherence

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Suffering from bipolar disorder type 1, type 2 or unspecified according to the DSM IV
• Do not presenting mood episode as defined in DSM IV
• With at least one medication prescribed mood stabilizer goal, whatever its observance

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients full-time hospitalized at the time of inclusion

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Urielle Desalbres

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Locations

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Marseille, , France

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Raoul Belzeaux, MD

Role: CONTACT

raoul.belzeaux@ap-hm.fr

Facility Contacts

Raoul Belzeaux, MD

Role: primary

raoul.belzeaux@ap-hm.fr

Other Identifiers

2015-07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id