Shabani Amir, Taheri Aida, Azadforouz Sanaz, Abbasi Chehreh Najd, Mousavi Zahra, Zangeneh Kambiz, Shariat Seyed Vahid, Nohesara Shabnam, Naserbakht Morteza, Taban Mojgan, Kokar Sadaf, Teimoorinejad Samaneh, Hakimshooshtary Mitra, Shirazi Elham
Bipolar Disorders Research Group, Mental Health Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
J Res Med Sci. 2010 Jul;15(4):229-34.
The Bipolar Disorder Patients Follow-up (BDPF) project is a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. The purpose of the present report is to introduce the project, elaborate its methods, and present the reliability data of the utilized symptoms rating scales.
The sampling started in May 2008 and is still in progress. The probands are assessed at the beginning of the sampling and then 2 and 6 months later and then every 6 months using several instruments to identify psychiatric comorbidities, symptoms severity, quality of life, attempted suicide rate, treatment compliance, and some other factors.
The results could lead to increase the clinicians' awareness about the clinical picture of this disorder in Iranian patients.
The present project could decrease to some extent the current shortcomings in Iran's psychiatric data at least about one of the major psychiatric disorders known as the eighth result which cause medical disability over the world.
双相情感障碍患者随访（BDPF）项目是一项纵向、前瞻性的自然主义研究。本报告的目的是介绍该项目，阐述其方法，并呈现所使用症状评定量表的可靠性数据。
抽样始于2008年5月，目前仍在进行中。先证者在抽样开始时进行评估，然后在2个月和6个月后进行评估，之后每6个月使用多种工具评估一次，以确定精神共病、症状严重程度、生活质量、自杀未遂率、治疗依从性及其他一些因素。
这些结果可能会提高临床医生对伊朗患者中这种疾病临床表现的认识。
本项目至少在导致全球医学残疾的主要精神疾病之一（即第八种疾病）方面，能在一定程度上减少伊朗精神科数据目前存在的不足。
