Table 3.

Treatment Goals and Their Importance to Survey Participants Diagnosed with BP-I

Treatment Goal	Average Relative Importance	95% CI
Being less impulsive, angry, or irritable	9.73	9.06, 10.40
Able to feel pleasure/happiness	9.54	8.88, 10.21
Reduce frequency of mania, depression, and mixed episodes	9.48	8.82, 10.15
Stay focused/think clearly	8.41	7.78, 9.06
Decrease the severity of the symptoms once they start	8.01	7.39, 8.64
Decrease the duration of the severity of symptoms once they start	7.99	7.37, 8.63
Have increased confidence in managing daily life and stressors	7.39	6.80, 8.01
Feel increased motivation/energy levels	6.99	6.41, 7.59
Begin or maintain relationships with family and/or friends	5.92	5.40, 6.47
Begin or maintain a relationship with a partner/significant other	5.54	5.04, 6.07
Reduced risk of insomnia, restlessness or moving around too much during sleep	4.51	4.08, 4.97
Reduced risk of excessive sleepiness, drowsiness or being slowed down	4.34	3.92, 4.78
Able to work or go to school	3.25	2.91, 3.61
Reduced dependence upon others	3.04	2.72, 3.39
Reduced risk of weight gain	2.96	2.65, 3.29
Reduce number of visits to the hospital or emergency department	2.91	2.61, 3.24

Notes: N=255. The higher the value, the more important the attribute relative to other attributes included. The 16 survey items had points allocated within a 100-point scale, with 6.25 being the null hypothesis on this scale. All goals scoring above 6.25 should be viewed as important; those with lower scores were relatively less important.

Abbreviations: BP-I, bipolar I disorder; CI, confidence interval.