Falls in community-dwelling women with bipolar disorder: a case–control study

AL Stuart; JA Pasco; M Berk; SE Quirk; H Koivumaa-Honkanen; R Honkanen; M Mohebbi; LJ Williams

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Falls in community-dwelling women with bipolar disorder: a case–control study

AL Stuart, JA Pasco, M Berk, SE Quirk, H Koivumaa-Honkanen, R Honkanen, M Mohebbi, LJ Williams

BMC Psychiatry | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04258-7

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Abstract

Background: Falls are a common occurrence in psychiatric hospital settings, however population-based research among individuals with psychiatric disorders, in particular bipolar disorder (BD) is scant. Thus, we aimed to investigate falls risk in community-dwelling women diagnosed with BD. Methods: Women with BD (cases, n = 119) were recruited from health care settings located in southeast Victoria, Australia. Age-matched controls (n = 357, ratio 3:1) without BD were participants in the Geelong Osteoporosis Study drawn from the same geographical region. Lifetime history of BD was identified by semi-structured clinical interview (SCID-IV/NP). Previous 12-month falls data were obtained via ques..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work is supported by project grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; ID 1104438, The Geelong Osteoporosis Study (controls) NHMRC; ID 251638, ID 299831, ID 628582). MB is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (APP1156072), SEQ and HKH are supported by the Paivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation and the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, Finland. LJW is supported by a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship (1174060).