Efficacy of the interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) in patients with bipolar disorder: results from a real-world, controlled trial

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Luca Steardo1,2, Mario Luciano2, Gaia Sampogna2, Francesca Zinno2, Pasquale Saviano3, Filippo Staltari1, Cristina Segura Garcia4, Pasquale De Fazio1, Andrea Fiorillo2
1Psychiatric Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy
2Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
3UOSM Nola, Nola, Italy
4Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Tóm tắt

Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most burdensome mental disorder, with a lifetime prevalence of 2.4%, with a prevalence of 0.6% for bipolar type I and 0.4% for bipolar type II. Several interventions have been developed to implement the treatment strategy of bipolar disorder, including the Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT). This intervention has been specifically developed to manage patients’ stressful life events, improve the disruptions of social and circadian rhythms and increase adherence to medications. The aim of the present study is to assess the efficacy of IPSRT on affective and anxiety psychopathology, social functioning, response to pharmacological treatment and affective morbidity index (AMI) in BD patients. BD patients were consecutively recruited at the Mood Disorder Unit of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” and randomly assigned to the experimental group receiving the IPSRT or to the Treatment as Usual (TAU) group. Patients were assessed at baseline, after 3 and 6 months with several validated assessment tools and with the affective morbidity index. At the end of the intervention, compared to controls, patients from the experimental group reported a significant improvement in anxious depressive and manic symptomatology, global functioning; and response to mood stabilizers. Patients in the IPSRT group reported a reduction at the AMI score. IPSRT has been confirmed to be effective in improving the clinical symptomology of BD patients and in improving the affective morbidity index. Further studies with longer follow-up are needed in order to assess the stability of the results. Trial registration The study was approved by the local ethical review board (N001567/28.01.2018)

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