Bipolar Disorder Symptom Monitoring Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study of Patient Preferences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the perceived acceptability and helpfulness of bipolar disorder symptom measures and rank the measures in order of preference among individuals with bipolar disorder.

Methods

We recruited 20 participants 18 years of age or older with any type of bipolar disorder from a primary care clinical site and a national advocacy organization. We used a simultaneous complementary mixed-method design involving completion of symptom measures, a semistructured interview, and numerical ranking of measures. Participants completed three symptom measures or combination of measures: 1) Affective Self-Rating Scale; 2) combination Patient Mania Questionnaire-9 (PMQ-9) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); and 3) combination Altman Self-Rating Mania Rating Scale and P

SUBMITTER: Cerimele JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11032232 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature