Essential Data Dimensions for prospective international data collection in Older Age Bipolar Disorder (OABD): Recommendations from the GAGE-BD group.
Paola LavinSoham RejAndrew Toyin OlagunjuAntonio L TeixeiraAnnemieke DolsMartin AldaOsvaldo P AlmeidaKursat AltinbasVicent Balanzá-MartínezIzabela G BarbosaHilary P BlumbergFarren BriggsCynthia V CalkinKristin CassidyBrent P ForesterOrestes V ForlenzaTomas HajekBartholomeus Cm 'Benno' HaarmanEsther JimenezBeny LaferBenoit MulsantStephen O OluwaniyiRegan PatrickJoaquim RaduaSigfried N T M SchouwsHarmehr SekhonChristian SimhandlJair C SoaresShang-Ying TsaiEduard VietaLuca M VillaJennifer B LevinLisa T EylerPublished in: Bipolar disorders (2023)
The essential data dimensions we present should be of use to guide future international data collection in OABD and clinical practice. In the longer-term, we aim to establish a prospective consortium using this core set of dimensions and associated variables to answer research questions relevant to OABD.