RT Journal Article
T1 Features Associated With Depressive Predominant Polarity and Early Illness Onset in Patients With Bipolar Disorder.
A1 García-Jiménez, Jesús
A1 Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luis
A1 Jiménez-Fernández, Sara
A1 González-Domenech, Pablo José
A1 Carretero, María D
A1 Gurpegui, Manuel
K1 age at onset
K1 bipolar disorder
K1 diagnosis delay
K1 disability
K1 polarity predominance
AB Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of three possible diagnostic specifiers, namely predominant polarity (PP) throughout illness, polarity of the first episode and early age at onset, in a sample of bipolar disorder (BD) patients and their association with important socio-demographic, clinical and course-of-illness variables. Methods: A retrospective and naturalistic study on 108 BD outpatients, who were classified according to the PP, polarity of the first episode and early age at onset (≤ 20 years) [vs. late (>20 years)] and were characterized by their demographics, clinical data, functionality and social support, among others features. After bivariate analyses, those variables showing certain association (P value 20 years)] and were characterized by their demographics, clinical data, functionality and social support, among others features. After bivariate analyses, those variables showing certain association (P value
SN 1664-0640
YR 2020
FD 2020-11-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26614
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26614
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025