NCT07399626

Adaptation and Validation of the Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS-6) to Romanian

Adaptation and Validation of the Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS-6) to Romanian.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Babes-Bolyai University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The HPS-6 (Hypomanic Personality Scale, 6 item version) could prove to be a valuable candidate for screening measures of high risk individuals. In the following study, we aim to validate and adapt the HPS-6 for the Romanian population.

Detailed description

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic, debilitating disorder, affecting approximately 2.4% of the global population. Inaccurate diagnosis leads to inappropriate management of the disorder as well as unsuitable medication prescription. On average, it can take a BD individual 5 to 10 years to receive an accurate diagnosis and receive competent treatment. Across the European Union (EU) Romania has the lowest prevalence of psychiatric disorders, 14.3%. Unfortunately, these positive estimates are related to the severe stigma linked to poor mental health in the Romanian population. Although the average length of a psychiatric stay in the EU spans across 24.3 days, Romania's average is 17.7. Poor infrastructure and lack of personnel in the Romanian healthcare system might be partially responsible. Therefore, brief, validated screening measures for complex diagnoses are necessary.

Conditions

• Bipolar Disorder (BD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Hypomanic Personality Scale - 6	A brief instrument, such as the HPS-6, with high specificity can help navigate specialists towards a correct diagnosis or recognize risk patterns in Bipolar Spectrum Individuals.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-22
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-07-01
• First posted: 2026-02-10
• Last updated: 2026-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Romania