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Abstract
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INTRODUCTION: The socio-demographic characteristics, suicidality, severity and treatment outcome is compared of 376 patients with bipolar affective disorder (TB) with 1803 cases with other depressive disorders (TD) and 3131 with other psychopathology (OD).
METHODology: The standard information gathered in a large psychiatric unit in a Santiago General hospital collects socio-demographics, ICD 10 diagnoses, as well as changes in scores in Lambert´s Outcome Questionnaire (OQ45).We measured Clinically Significant Change (CCS), as well as an index of reliable change (ICC) of TB compared with TD and OD. Statistical associations of outcome indexes were correlated with the above psychosocial variables, using SPSS 15.5.
RESULTS: TB had a lower mean age (41,4 years) than TD (43 years) and OD (39,3 years) (F = 17,07, p=0,0001), 73,8 percent of TB were females vs 79,9 percent of TD and 54,1 percent of OD (X2 2201,2; p = 0,0001). Among TB there were more divorce (23,7 percent) tan among TD (11,5); more TB lived alone or in institutions, (13,1), vs 5,2 among TD and 8,2percent among OD (X2 10 gl: 30,8412 ; p = 0,0006). TB had less stable jobs (15,5 percent) vs 23,5percent among TD and 30,7k percent of OD. (X210 gl: 76,2 ; p = 0,0001). TB had a mean of 12,7 years of schooling, vs 10,8 among TD and 11,3 among OD (student´s t 0,37, p > 0,001). TB presented more suicidal attempts (4,2 percent) and ideation (5 percent) in comparison to TD (3,1 and 3,9) and OD (6,3 any 3,9 percent). (X2; 6 gl: 168,6264, p = 0,0001). Highest global scores in OQ 45 were in TD (101,7), followed by TB (89,6) and OD (88,7). TB presented higher change: ICC (19 vs 16,2) and more CCS tan those with TD (25,9 vs 21,7 percent).
CONCLUSIONS: Bipolar disorder patients are younger, have less stable jobs and marriages, live alone, but have a higher education. They also present a higher suicidal risk, and change more with therapeutic interventions offered in a general public hospital.
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