Validation of the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation for the Long-Term Measurement of Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Aims
- What is the relationship of the retrospective LIFE rating at a particular time-point to the MADRS or YMRS score completed at that time-point?
- When compared at the same time-point, how well do categorical determinations of whether a patient is ‘in episode’ determined by the LIFE accord with that determination made by a concurrent MADRS or YMRS?
- What factors moderate the relationship between these measures?
2. Methods
2.1. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
2.1.1. Study 1
2.1.2. Study 2
2.2. Interventions
2.3. Measures
2.4. Primary Outcomes
2.5. Statistical Analysis
2.6. Ethics
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Total Sample
3.2. Depression Symptoms
3.3. Mania Symptoms
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations and Future Directions
4.2. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Study 1 | Study 2 | |||
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(N = 95) | (N = 42) | |||
Characteristic | N | % | N | % |
Age (M ± SD) | 26.4 ± 5.9 ** | 39.6 ± 14.5 ** | ||
Gender (% female) | 72 | 76 | 32 | 76 |
Ethnicity (% Pākehā) | 78 | 82 | 32 | 76 |
Bipolar I (%) | 78 * | 82 | 28 * | 67 |
Index episode (% depression) | 87* | 92 | 32* | 76 |
Rapid cycling (%) | 31 | 33 | 7 | 17 |
Age at onset (M ± SD) | 15.0 ± 5.1 * | 17.4 ± 6.9 * | ||
Medication use † | ||||
Lithium | 28 | 29 | 12 | 29 |
Anticonvulsant mood stabiliser | 36 | 38 | 17 | 41 |
Antipsychotic | 49 | 52 | 20 | 49 |
Antidepressant | 49 | 52 | 22 | 54 |
SAS total score † (M ± SD) | 2.3 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.5 | ||
Cumulative mood score (LIFE) ‡ (M ± SD) | 0.9 ± 0.6 ** | 0.5 ± 0.6 ** |
LIFE Depression Score (no. of Observations) | MADRS Mean (SD) | LIFE Mania Score (no. of Observations) | YMRS Mean (SD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 (720) | 4.6 (6.5) | 1 (994) | 1.2 (2.7) |
2 (59) | 9.2 (7.7) | 2 (45) | 3.6 (4.1) |
3 (209) | 12.9 (8.7) | 3 (96) | 4.4 (5.4) |
4 (144) | 17.7 (9.9) | 4 (43) | 6.3 (6.0) |
5 (53) | 20.4 911.9) | 5 (6) | 11 (11.5) |
6 (2) | 26.5 (16.3) | 6 (3) | 4.7 (3.7) |
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Porter, R.J.; Moot, W.; Inder, M.L.; Crowe, M.T.; Douglas, K.M.; Carter, J.D.; Frampton, C. Validation of the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation for the Long-Term Measurement of Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1717. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121717
Porter RJ, Moot W, Inder ML, Crowe MT, Douglas KM, Carter JD, Frampton C. Validation of the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation for the Long-Term Measurement of Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(12):1717. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121717
Chicago/Turabian StylePorter, Richard J., Will Moot, Maree L. Inder, Marie T. Crowe, Katie M. Douglas, Janet D. Carter, and Christopher Frampton. 2022. "Validation of the Longitudinal Interval Follow-Up Evaluation for the Long-Term Measurement of Mood Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder" Brain Sciences 12, no. 12: 1717. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121717