Table 1

Schedule of Quantitative Assessments for Service Users
Assessment
 0 weeks (baseline)
 12 weeks
 24 weeks
 36 weeks (by telephone)
 48 weeks
Primary Outcome measures
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale (MAS)
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
Current mental state coding (SCID-I)
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
Secondary Outcome measures
LIFE scores for mania and depression for current week
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
     Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS)
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI)
 +
 -
 +
 -
 +
Process measures
     # Early Warning Signs Checklist (Mania and Depression)
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
     # Coping strategies Checklist (Mania and Depression)
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
     # Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire for Bipolar Disorder (modified IPQ)
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Potential confounds
Demographics
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
Clinical data*
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +
Lifetime coding of mental illness (SCID-I)
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
     SCID-II coding for Borderline and Antisocial Personality Assessment
 +
 -
 -
 -
 -
     Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (VSSS-EU)
 +
 -
 -
 -
 +
     Relationship Quality Rating
 +
 +
 +
 -
 +

*Clinical data includes current medication, start and end dates of last episode and history of episodes over the previous 3 years.

# designed or significantly modified for this study

Lobban et al. BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:6   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-6