Predictors of Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder

The Predictive Effect of Impulsivity on Quality of Life in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

This study was planned to determine the predictive effects of impulsivity and coping skills
 on quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder. The sample of the study, which was
 carried out in a descriptive design, will consist of 80 patients who applied to Adıyaman
 Besni State Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
 according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 and who were in the
 euthymic period according to the doctor's control. It was planned to collect the data by
 applying the Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers, Brief Quality of Life in
 Bipolar Disorder, Barratt Impulsivity Scale -11 Short Form and Coping Attitudes
 Evaluation Scale. The data will be evaluated with descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney
 U-test, Kruskal Wallis test, Pearson correlations and regression analyses using Statistical
 Package for the Social Sciences 22 software. Scale use and ethics committee permission were
 obtained from the responsible authors of the scales before the study.