. Khadijeh Moulaei; . Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy; . Shahrzad Mazhari
Volume 12, Issue 5 , June 2022, , Pages 1-10
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most challenging psychiatric disordersin the management area that can lead to functional, occupational, and cognitive disorders. ...
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most challenging psychiatric disordersin the management area that can lead to functional, occupational, and cognitive disorders. Withoutproper care, this complication can lead to profound psychological challenges and even death. Theaim of this study is to design a minimum data set (MDS) for BD.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive cross‑sectional study was conducted in two steps.In the first step, a survey was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and SCOPUS databases toidentify the demographic, managerial, and clinical data elements. Then, the required data elementswere extracted from the studies by the data extraction form and used in a questionnaire. In thesecond step, to confirm the data element set, the designed questionnaire was distributed andcollected among 20 psychiatrists and subspecialists during a two‑stage Delphi technique. Descriptivestatistics (frequency and mean) were conducted to analyze the data.RESULTS: Totally, 112 managerial and clinical data elements in 14 categories were extracted fromthe studies. Based on the experts’ opinion and their consensus, 88 necessary data elements wereconsidered to bipolar MDS. “Medication nonadherence,” “history of suicide,” and “substance abuseand addiction” were the most important data elements.CONCLUSION: In this study, an MDS was designed for BD. Providing this MDS, in addition toimproving the clinical processes, it is possible to help electronic system designers and health datamanagers to know what information should be included in the health systems or any kind of self‑careor self‑management software to meet the information needs of these patients.
