Study protocol: group-based psychoeducation for relatives of patients with bipolar disorder-a large scale real-world randomized controlled parallel group trial, the R-bipolar RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relatives of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) often experience emotional burden with stress and depressive symptoms that again increase the likelihood of destabilization and relapses in the patient. The effects of group-based psychoeducation have not been investigated in large-scale real-world settings. We are currently conducting a large-scale real-world randomized controlled parallel group trial (RCT) to test whether group-based psychoeducation for 200 relatives to patients with BD improves mood instability and other critical outcomes in relatives and the corresponding patients with BD.

Methods

The trial is designed as a two-arm, parallel-group randomized trial with a balanced randomization 1:1 to either group-based psychoeducation or a waiting list for appro

SUBMITTER: Stokholm JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11119791 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature