TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional outcome in the middle course of bipolar disorder
T2 - A longitudinal study
AU - Martino, Diego J.
AU - Igoa, Ana
AU - Scápola, María
AU - Marengo, Eliana
AU - Samamé, Cecilia
AU - Strejilevich, Sergio A.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to assess the long-term functional outcome of patientswith bipolar disorder (BD). At baseline and after a follow-up period of at least 48 months, three measures of functioning were administered: psychosocial functioning (GAF), employment status (full-time, part-time, and unemployment/ disability), and a self-reported measure of functional recovery. At baseline, patients with more than five previous affective episodes exhibited poorer outcomes on all measures of functioning than patients with less than five previous episodes. However, along a mean follow-up period of 77 months, measures of functioning tended to remain stable or improved slightly. These results highlight the limitation of studies comparing measures of functioning between patients with many and few episodes to evaluate functional outcome. Likewise, these preliminary results do not support the hypothesis that functional outcome deteriorates over the course of BD.
AB - The aim of this study was to assess the long-term functional outcome of patientswith bipolar disorder (BD). At baseline and after a follow-up period of at least 48 months, three measures of functioning were administered: psychosocial functioning (GAF), employment status (full-time, part-time, and unemployment/ disability), and a self-reported measure of functional recovery. At baseline, patients with more than five previous affective episodes exhibited poorer outcomes on all measures of functioning than patients with less than five previous episodes. However, along a mean follow-up period of 77 months, measures of functioning tended to remain stable or improved slightly. These results highlight the limitation of studies comparing measures of functioning between patients with many and few episodes to evaluate functional outcome. Likewise, these preliminary results do not support the hypothesis that functional outcome deteriorates over the course of BD.
KW - Bipolar disorder
KW - Long term
KW - Neuroprogression
KW - Psychosocial functioning
KW - Staging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014952490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000583
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000583
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 28234724
AN - SCOPUS:85014952490
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 205
SP - 203
EP - 206
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 3
ER -
