Effects of Psycho-education of Patients With Bipolar Disorder

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)

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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