Functional remediation in bipolar disorder: 1-year follow-up of neurocognitive and functional outcome
C M Bonnin1, C Torrent1, C Arango1
1Caterina del Mar Bonnin, PhD, Carla Torrent, PhD, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia; Celso Arango, MD, PhD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid; Benedikt L. Amann, MD, PhD, FIDMAG Hermanas Hospitalarias Research Foundation, CIBERSAM, Barcelona; Brisa Solé, PsyD, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia; Ana González-Pinto, MD, PhD, Álava University Hospital, CIBERSAM, University of the Basque Country, Kronikgune, Vitoria; Jose Manuel Crespo, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), CIBERSAM, Barcelona; Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, CIBERSAM, INCLIVA, Valencia; Maria Reinares, PhD, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia; Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Autonomous University of Madrid, Research Institute of the Hospital de la Princesa, CIBERSAM, Madrid; M. Paz García-Portilla, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, CIBERSAM; Ángela Ibañez, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, University of Alcala, IRYCIS, CIBERSAM, Madrid; Manel Salamero, MD, PhD, Eduard Vieta, MD, PhD, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Catalonia; Anabel Martinez-Aran, PhD, Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Background:
Few randomised clinical trials have examined the efficacy of an intervention aimed at improving psychosocial functioning in bipolar disorder.
Aims:
To examine changes in psychosocial functioning in a group that has been enrolled in a functional remediation programme 1 year after baseline.
Method:
This was a multicentre, randomised, rater-masked clinical trial comparing three patient groups: functional remediation, psychoeducation and treatment as usual over 1-year follow-up. The primary outcome was change in psychosocial functioning measured by means of the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST). Group×time effects for overall psychosocial functioning were examined using repeated-measures ANOVA (trial registration NCT01370668).
Results:
There was a significant group×time interaction for overall psychosocial functioning, favouring patients in the functional remediation group (F = 3.071, d.f. = 2, P = 0.049).
Conclusions:
Improvement in psychosocial functioning is maintained after 1-year follow-up in patients with bipolar disorder receiving functional remediation.
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