Predictors of psychosocial outcome of bipolar disorder: data from the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network

Abstract: Background
Impairments in psychosocial functioning have been demonstrated in 30–60% of adults with bipolar disorder (BD). However, the majority of studies investigating the effect of comorbid mental health disorders and age at onset outcomes in BD have focused on traditional outcome measures such as mood symptoms, mortality and treatment response. Therefore, this project aimed to investigate the impact of comorbid mental health disorders and age at onset on longitudinal psychosocial outcome in participants with BD.

Method
Mixed effects modelling was conducted using data from the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network. Baseline factors were entered into a model, with Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score as the longitudinal outcome measure. Relative model fits were calculated using Akaike’s Information Criterion.

Results
No individual comorbidities predicted lower GAF scores, however an interaction effect was demonstrated between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and any anxiety disorder (t = 2.180, p = 0.030). Participants with BD I vs BD II (t = 2.023, p = 0.044) and those in the lowest vs. highest income class (t = 2.266, p = 0.024) predicted lower GAF scores. Age at onset (t = 1.672, p = 0.095) did not significantly predict GAF scores.

Conclusions
This is the first study to demonstrate the negative psychosocial effects of comorbid anxiety disorders and ADHD in BD. This study adds to the growing database suggesting that comorbid mental health disorders are a significant factor hindering psychosocial recovery

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: International journal of bipolar disorders. - 7, 1 (2019) , ISSN: 2194-7511

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Manisch-depressive Krankheit ; Sekundärkrankheit ; Soziale Funktion

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Bennett, Francis ; Hodgetts, Sophie ; Close, Andrew ; Frye, Mark ; Grunze, Heinz ; Keck, Paul ; Kupka, Ralph ; McElroy, Susan ; Nolen, Willem A. ; Post, Robert M. ; Schärer, Lars ; Suppes, Trisha ; Sharma, Aditya N.

Further information

• DOI: 10.1186/s40345-019-0169-5
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1518448
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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