Bipolar symptoms, somatic burden and functioning in older‐age bipolar disorder: A replication study from the global aging & geriatric experiments in bipolar disorder database (GAGE‐BD) project
Sajatovic M, Rej S, Almeida O, Altinbas K, Balanzá‐Martínez V, Barbosa I, Beunders A, Blumberg H, Briggs F, Dols A, Forester B, Forlenza O, Gildengers A, Jimenez E, Klaus F, Lafer B, Mulsant B, Mwangi B, Nunes P, Olagunju A, Oluwaniyi S, Orhan M, Patrick R, Radua J, Rajji T, Sarna K, Schouws S, Simhandl C, Sekhon H, Soares J, Sutherland A, Teixeira A, Tsai S, Vidal‐Rubio S, Vieta E, Yala J, Eyler L. Bipolar symptoms, somatic burden and functioning in older‐age bipolar disorder: A replication study from the global aging & geriatric experiments in bipolar disorder database (GAGE‐BD) project. International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024, 39: e6057. PMID: 38511929, DOI: 10.1002/gps.6057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder age bipolar disorderBipolar Disorder DatabaseSomatic burdenBipolar disorderGAGE-BDAssociated with worse functionSymptom severityBD symptomsAssociated with depression severityOlder-age bipolar disorderGlobal Aging & Geriatric ExperimentsManic symptom severityAssociated with poorer functioningGeriatric experiencesAssociation of depressionBipolar symptomsSevere maniaDepression severityDepressive symptomsLow functioningSomatic conditionsPoor functionWorse functionArchival datasetWave 2Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of people with oldest older age bipolar disorder in a global sample: Results from the global aging and geriatric experiments in bipolar disorder project
Chen P, Sajatovic M, Briggs F, Mulsant B, Dols A, Gildengers A, Yala J, Beunders A, Blumberg H, Rej S, Forlenza O, Jimenez E, Schouws S, Orhan M, Sutherland A, Vieta E, Tsai S, Sarna K, Eyler L, Investigators T. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of people with oldest older age bipolar disorder in a global sample: Results from the global aging and geriatric experiments in bipolar disorder project. International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024, 39: e6073. PMID: 38393311, DOI: 10.1002/gps.6073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder age bipolar disorderBipolar disorderGAGE-BDSeverity of manic symptomsRates of suicidal thoughtsLower depressive symptomsComorbid physical conditionsClinical characteristics of peopleGeriatric experiencesManic symptomsClinical characteristicsDepressive symptomsSuicidal thoughtsCharacteristics of peoplePhysical burdenDisordersGlobal ageMedical burdenAge categoriesLogistic regression modelsMultinomial logistic regression modelCross-sectional analysisYounger groupMusculoskeletal domainsSymptoms