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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics for included study samples

From: A systematic review on the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy for improving mood symptoms in bipolar disorders

Authors, year

Study design

Diagnosis

Mood state

Symptom scales

Intervention group

Control group

Included

Excluded

N (enrolled)

Sex (M/F)

Age

N (enrolled)

Sex (M/F)

Age

Goldstein et al. 2007

Single arm

(Pilot open trial)

BD1: 7

BD2: 2

NOS: 1

–

Manic, depressed, mixed (past 3 months)

K-SADS-DRS

K-SADS-MRS

10

2/8

15.8 (1.5)

–

–

–

Goldstein et al. 2015

RCT

(Pilot, unblinded, 2:1)

BD1: 3

BD2: 8

NOS: 9

–

Manic depressed, mixed (past 3 months)

K-SADS-DRS

K-SADS-MRS

14

3/11

15.82 (2.1)

6

2/4

16.83 (1.4)

VanDijk et al. 2013

Main study

RCT

(Pilot)

BD1: 10

BD2: 14

Euthymic, depressed, hypomanic

–

BDI-II

12

3/9

40.2 (12.8)

12

3/9

41.6 (7.1)

Secondary analysis

Single arm

–

–

–

BDI-II

75

–

–

–

–

–

Afshari et al. 2020

RCT

(Pilot, open)

BD1: 18

BD2: 42

N.R

Manic

BDI-II

YMRS

30

14/16

36.00 (6.00)

30

12/18

37.00 (6.00)

Zargar et al. 2019

RCT

BD1: 49

Maintenance phase

Manic

BDI-II

YMRS

24

11/13

32.25 (9.57)

25

9/16

29.68 (5.12)

Wright et al. 2020

Single arm

(Feasibility study, open)

BD1: 5

BD2: 5

NOS: 2

–

Manic

BDI-II

PHQ-9

BMRS

ASRM

12

3/9

42 (11)

-

-

-

Wright et al. 2021

RCT

(Feasibility study, 2 sites)

BD1: 37

BD2: 6

–

Manic, depressed

BMRS

PHQ-9

HDRS

22

8/14

43.6 (13.0)

21

12/9

49.3 (14.5)

Valls et al. 2021

RCT

(Parallel two-armed, rater-blind)

BD1: 41

BD2: 24

Euthymic

–

HDRS

YMRS

28

16/12

47.61 (7.34)

37

15/22

45.81 (9.92)

Eisner et al. 2017

Single arm

(Open proof of concept pilot)

BD1: 37

–

Manic, depressed, mixed

HDRS

YMRS

37

10/27

41.3 (11.2)

–

–

–

Painter et al. 2019

Single arm

(Proof of concept open trial)

BD1: 16

–

2 + manic/depressed symptoms

YMRS

HDRS

16

8/8

43.19 (12.76)

–

–

–

  1. BD bipolar disorder, NOS bipolar disorder not otherwise specified,—not reported, K-SADS-(DRS/MRS) kiddie schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia—(depression rating scale/mania rating scale), RCT randomized controlled trial, BDI-II beck depression inventory, YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale, PHQ-9 patient health questionnaire 9-item, BMRS bech mania rating Scale, ASRM altman scale for rating mania, HDRS hamilton depression rating scale