Screening with the Korean Version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for Bipolar Disorders in Adolescents: Korean Validity and Reliability Study

OBJECTIVE: Bipolar spectrum disorders are prevalent and frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated. This report describes the development and validation of the Brazilian version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorders, in an adult psychiatric population. METHOD: A total of 114 consecutive patients attending an outpatient psychiatric clinic completed the Brazilian version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire. A research psychiatrist, blind to the Mood Disorder Questionnaire results, interviewed patients by means of the mood module of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV ('gold standard'). RESULTS: The internal consistency of the Brazilian Mood Disorder Questionnaire, evaluated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.76 (95% CI; 0.69-0.92). Principal component analysis with varimax rotation indicated an 'irritability-racing thoughts' factor and 'energized-activity' factor, which explained 39.1% of variance. On the basis of the SCID, 69 (60.5%) individuals received a diagnosis of bipolar disorders. A Brazilian Mood Disorder Questionnaire screening score of 8 or more items yielded sensitivity of 0.91 (95% CI; 0.85-0.98), specificity of 0.70 (95% CI; 0.62-0.75), a positive predictive value of 0.82 (95% CI; 0.75-0.88) and a negative predictive value of 0.84 (95% CI; 0.77-0.90). CONCLUSION: The present data demonstrate that the Brazilian Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a valid instrument for the screening of bipolar disorders. The instrument needs to be validated in other settings (e.g., in general practice).

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Screening for Bipolar Disorders in Primary Care with the Mood Disorder Questionnaire

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e546432011-012 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Gameroff

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Mood Disorder ◽

Bipolar Disorders ◽

Mood Disorder Questionnaire

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Cultural Variations in Bipolar Disorders in Non-clinical Samples

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.2180 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S211-S211

Author(s):

H. Aldos ◽

H. Merey ◽

A. Soliman

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Arab World ◽

Bipolar Disorders ◽

Clinical Samples ◽

Cultural Variation ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Cultural Variations ◽

Mood Disorder Questionnaire ◽

Competing Interest

IntroductionThe prevalence of bipolar disorder (BD) is continuously increasing worldwide. Based on pathophysiological prospective, BD is related to the change in neural circuitry involved in the regulation of emotion. Since there is a cultural variation in emotion expression, it is expected that BD is subject to cultural differences. The literature suggests that the prevalence of BD is influenced by gender, region and ethnicity.ObjectivesExploring the pervasiveness of BD in the Arab cultures.Aims – exploring the pervasiveness of BD in six different but related Arab cultures;– examining the gender differences in BD in the Arab cultural context.MethodsThis study used 327 freshmen university students (42% males and 58% females) from six different Arab universities and administered the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ). The validity and reliability of the MDQ was measured on 220 Qatari university students.ResultsThe results showed that BD was positively related to age and that males exhibited greater BD symptoms than females. The MDQ scores varied between the Arab subcultures. Sudanese subjects scored the highest on the MDQ, and therefore showed the highest numbers of BD characteristics, followed by Palestinians, Egyptians, Yemenis, Qataris, Jordanians and Tunisians. The Tunisians exhibited the lowest BD symptoms among six Arab cultures.ConclusionsThe findings suggested that it is arguable that BD is sensitive to cultural variations in the Arab world, with males showing a higher number of bipolar symptoms. It is arguable that BD is influenced by cultural openness and socioeconomic status.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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