Cohort profile: the Swedish National Quality Register for bipolar disorder(BipolaR).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Swedish National Quality Register for bipolar affective disorder, BipoläR, was established in 2004 to provide nationwide indicators for quality assessment and development in the clinical care of individuals with bipolar spectrum disorder. An ancillary aim was to provide data for bipolar disorder research.

Participants

Inclusion criteria for registration in BipoläR is a diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorder (ICD codes: F25.0, F30.1-F30.2, F30.8-F31.9, F34.0) and treatment at an outpatient clinic in Sweden. BipoläR collects data from baseline and annual follow-up visits throughout Sweden. Data is collected using questionnaires administered by healthcare staff. The questions cover sociodemographic, diagnostic, treatment, outcomes and patient reported outcome variab

SUBMITTER: Palsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9743376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature