Control charts for monitoring mood stability as a predictor of severe episodes in patients with bipolar disorder

Control charts for monitoring mood stability as a predictor of severe episodes in patients with bipolar disorder

Abstract Background Recurrent mood episodes and subsyndromal mood instability cause substantial disability in patients with bipolar disorder. Early identification of mood episodes enabling timely mood stabilization is an important clinical goal. This study investigates the ability of control chart m...

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Main Authors: Maria D. L. A. Vazquez-Montes, Richard Stevens, Rafael Perera, Kate Saunders, John R. Geddes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
Subjects:
Bipolar disorder
Episode prediction
Mood variability
Control charts
Shewhart’s control rules
Sensitivity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-017-0116-2

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