Study of the Effectiveness of Specific Training of Health Professionals on Adherence in Bipolar Disorder

NCT02904083 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2015-07
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Bipolar disorders are common psychiatric disorders characterized by severe and recurrent symptomatic periods (Major Depressive Episode, mania, hypomania) and interictal periods characterized by persistent residual symptoms, impaired functioning and quality of life. In addition, the prognosis of bipolar disorder is aggravated by an increased risk of suicide and a high frequency of somatic comorbidities. Poor adherence is one of the major factors influencing the course of the disorder and one of the causes of ineffective treatments. Considering that between 20 and 60% of patients with bipolar disorder have problems with adherence. Adherence is modulated by a number of socio-demographic, clinical and neuropsychological factors. It is also modulated by the knowledge, beliefs and In addition, studies have shown that the reasons attributed to poor adherence are different depending on whether questioning patients or healthcare professionals. This fault diagnosis, assessment of the causes and "fit" into the reasons associated with poor adherence is an aggravating factor of the problem. However, this factor seems modifiable by better training of professionals. A team from Newcastle University in England has developed a training program for all health professionals to improve the diagnosis and understanding of compliance issues in bipolar patients and provide simple tools to fight against patients with this problem. The investigators assume that this training will improve medication adherence among outpatients by trained professionals.

Conditions

Bipolar Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Difference of score of Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) before and after the training of the professionals

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

specific training of professionals

EXPERIMENTAL

patients from centers where professionals have received specific training

Behavioral: self assessment of adherence

control training of professionals

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

patients from centers where professionals have received control training

Behavioral: self assessment of adherence

Interventions

self assessment of adherence BEHAVIORAL

control training of professionals; specific training of professionals

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Suffering from bipolar disorder type 1, type 2 or unspecified according to the DSM IV
• Do not presenting mood episode as defined in DSM IV
• With at least one medication prescribed mood stabilizer goal, whatever its observance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille: lead

Study Sites (1)

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Marseille, 13005, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Bipolar Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bipolar and Related Disorders; Mood Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Urielle Desalbres

  Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Raoul Belzeaux, MD

CONTACT

raoul.belzeaux@ap-hm.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2016
• First Posted: September 16, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2019
• Study Completion: June 1, 2020
• Last Updated: September 16, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)