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Detección precoz de episodios de hipomanía en pacientes con trastorno afectivo

Publicated to:Revista De Psiquiatría Y Salud Mental. 5 (2): 89-97 - 2012-04-01 5(2), DOI: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2011.12.002

Authors: Garcia-Castillo, Ines; Fernandez-Mayo, Lidia; Serrano-Drozdowskyij, Elena; Carmona, Rodrigo; Jose Martin-Calvo, Maria; Ovejero, Santiago; Millan, Isabel; Garcia, Fernando; Baca-Garcia, Enrique

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Hosp Puerto de Hierro, Unidad Psiquiatria, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro - Author

Abstract

Bipolar disorder (BP) is one of the major causes of disability in the world. Epidemiological studies suggest that this disorder could be under-diagnosed owing to the difficulty in detecting hypomania episodes. The detection of present and past episodes of hypomania could help in the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of this disorder. The Hypomania Check List (HCL-32) is a questionnaire validated into Spanish and designed to detect past and present hypomania episodes in the psychiatric patient population.A total of 128 patients over 18 years old and diagnosed with type I bipolar (BP-I) disorder (n=1), type II bipolar (BP-II) disorder (n=30), major depression (MD) (n=57), anxiety disorders (AD) (n=15) were selected, along with a control group (C) (n=25). The patients were diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IVTR). Screening for hypomania episodes was carried out by applying the HCL-32 scale.The area under the ROC curve was 0.65 with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 0.55-0.75. The chosen cut-off point of the HCL-32 was 15. The values for the sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), positive predictive values (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV), and the prevalence (P) of hypomania episodes in the patients of the UP depression, for a cut-off point of 15 were: Se =71.4%, 95% CI; 57.8, 85.1, Sp =45.8%, 95% CI; 34.5-57.1, PPV=43.75%, 95% CI; 32.25-55.25), NPV:73.08%, 95% CI; 60.06-86.09) and P=67.2%.The HCL-32 is a very sensitive, but not very specific, screening tool. This could partly explain the high proportion of hypomania episodes detected in our sample. Unlike previous studies, our sample is heterogeneous (from different environments) and at a more severe and unstable clinical level. Future research should develop more specific measuring tools, and with greater external validation, for hypomania episodes.Copyright © 2011 SEP y SEPB. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

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Bipolar disorderHcl-32HypomaniaMajor depressionPrevalence

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista De Psiquiatría Y Salud Mental, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Psychiatry, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-15:

  • Google Scholar: 5
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3
  • OpenCitations: 3

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 18.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 18 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (BACA GARCIA, ENRIQUE).