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Effects of Psycho-education of Patients With Bipolar Disorder

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Bipolar Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Group education
Behavioral: individual education

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00159562
EW-2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose for this study is to determine whether psycho-education in groups is more effective than individual psycho-education for patients with bipolar disorder.

Full description

The main aim of the study is to compare the effects of psycho-education in groups with short individual psycho-education.

It is a randomized controlled trial including Bipolar 1 and 2 patients in a stable euthymic phase. 42 or 43 patients will receive group education in 10 weekly sessions and then a session every third month for two years. 42 or 43 patients will receive three individual sessions of education. Symptoms, admittances to hospital and function will be followed for two years.

Enrollment

85 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Bipolar Disorder 1 or 2 Euthymic

Exclusion criteria

  • Active depression or mania/hypomania

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

85 participants in 2 patient groups

group education
Experimental group
Description:
Bipolar 1 and 2 patients in a stable euthymic phase will receive group education in 10 weekly sessions and then a session every third month for two years. Symptoms, admittances to hospital and function will be followed for two years.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Group education
individual education
Active Comparator group
Description:
Bipolar 1 and 2 patients in a stable euthymic phase will receive three individual sessions of education.
Treatment:
Behavioral: individual education

Trial contacts and locations

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