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CompletedNCT04020289

A Psychoeducational Program "BalancingMySwing" for Patients With Bipolar Disorder

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducational Program"BalancingMySwing" for Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120 (actual)
Sponsor
National Cheng Kung University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
20 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The psychoeducation BalancingMySwing (BMS) program has been developed manually and its feasibility has been tested in our previous study. This 3-year research project aimed to further examine the immediate and lasted effects of BMS program for BD, and to assess its knowledge dissemination and the transferability of its evidence-based practice across multiple sites.

Detailed description

The psychoeducation BalancingMySwing (BMS) program has been developed manually and its feasibility has been tested in our previous study. This 3-year research project aimed to further examine the immediate and lasted effects of BMS program for bipolar disorders (BD), and to assess its knowledge dissemination and the transferability of its evidence-based practice across multiple sites. During the first 2 years, a randomized controlled trial was conducted. Patients diagnosed with BD were recruited and 104 patients were randomly assigned to treatment as usual (TAU) or to 8 BMS sessions. A battery of three outcome indicators-social rhythm, illness perception, and symptom severity-were used to examine the effects of the two groups at baseline, after intervention, and every 3 months until half year. In addition, a pre- and post-test quasi-experimental study combined with qualitative design was used to assess the translational feasibility of BMS and to explore related barriers and facilitators of implementing BMS in clinical settings in the third year. Nurses from 4 Hospitals received the BMS training, and patients with BD received the BMS translated in practice were recruited.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALPsychoeducational Program "BalancingMySwing"Patients in the intervention arm will receive a nurse-lid 8-session psychoeducational 'BalancingMySwing" group psychotherapy

Timeline

Start date
2015-08-01
Primary completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-12-31
First posted
2019-07-16
Last updated
2019-07-17

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04020289. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.