Use of Care Services by Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder (EpiB)

Toulouse University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychologic test; Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02829658

08 120 03

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

98 participants in 2 patient groups

Psychiatric patients group

Description:

Patient groups were composed with: BPD, other PD and assessed Psychologic test

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychologic test

Control group

Description:

Matched controls (age, sex) composed the 3rd and 4th group (BPD control and other PD control). They were randomly chosen in the health database insurance previously used. They had no intervention.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention