Systemic challenges in bipolar disorder management: A patient-centered approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As part of a series of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute-funded large-scale retrospective observational studies on bipolar disorder (BD) treatments and outcomes, we sought the input of patients with BD and their family members to develop research questions. We aimed to identify systemic root causes of patient-reported challenges with BD management in order to guide subsequent studies and initiatives.

Methods

Three focus groups were conducted where patients and their family members (total n = 34) formulated questions around the central theme, "What do you wish you had known in advance or over the course of treatment for BD?" In an affinity mapping exercise, participants clustered their questions and ranked the resulting categories by importance. The rese

SUBMITTER: Nestsiarovich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5763323 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature