Dutch Bipolar Offspring Study (DBOS)
The DBOS is a study examining the development of mental health conditions in children of parents with bipolar disorder, aiming to identify risk factors. Beginning in 1997, the study involved 140 participants from the Netherlands, aged 12 to 21. Participants have been followed up at 1-year, 5-year, 12-year, and 22-year intervals, with 100 of the participants involved in the most recent 22-year follow-up conducted between 2020 and 2021.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
140 (participants)
Age at first data collection
12 - 21 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital (Erasmus MC Sophia Kinderziekenhuis)
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO)
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme
Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI)
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
