HCP Perspectives: A Survey of Treaters of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder

Alkermes is committed to understanding the unique needs of people living with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder and driving increased disease awareness and education. New findings from a recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll provide insights and perspectives from healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the diagnostic and treatment journey faced by people living with these serious chronic diseases.

Nearly all HCPs who participated in the survey (98%) agreed that quality of life is just as important as symptom management when thinking about treatment effect. Moreover, 97% of HCPs surveyed agreed that they often look for treatment options that minimize the number of different treatments their patients need to take at a given time.

View more HCP perspectives on treatment, side effects and challenges facing patients at the below infographic.

View the HCP infographic

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Survey Methodology: 

The survey was conducted online in the United States by The Harris Poll from September 19-27, 2024 on behalf of Alkermes among 127 psychiatrists and 126 nurse practitioners (NPs)/physician assistants (PAs), age 18 and older, who see at least 10 BDI and at least 2 schizophrenia patients per month. The majority of survey respondents (75%) practice mostly in an office- or clinic-based setting of care. Care settings also included, but were not limited to, private office (49%), community mental health clinic (17%), and general health clinic/federally qualified health center (5%).

Raw data were not weighted and are therefore only representative of the individuals who completed the survey. Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in our surveys. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data is accurate to within ± 6.1 percentage points using a 95% confidence interval. This credible interval will be wider among subsets of the surveyed population of interest.

All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to other multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including but not limited to coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments.

For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact mediainfo@alkermes.com.