Validity of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire: A General Population Study

OBJECTIVE: This study tested the validity in the adult general population of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, a screening instrument for bipolar I and II disorders. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire has been validated in a psychiatric outpatient study group. METHOD: A total of 711 subjects (stratified...

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Published in:The American journal of psychiatry 2003-01, Vol.160 (1), p.178-180
Main Authors: Hirschfeld, Robert M.A., Holzer, Charles, Calabrese, Joseph R., Weissman, Myrna, Reed, Michael, Davies, Marilyn, Frye, Mark A., Keck, Paul, McElroy, Susan, Lewis, Lydia, Tierce, Jonathan, Wagner, Karen D., Hazard, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Behavior disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood Disorder Questionnaire
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric tests
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Techniques and methods
United States - epidemiology
Validity
Validity studies
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: This study tested the validity in the adult general population of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, a screening instrument for bipolar I and II disorders. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire has been validated in a psychiatric outpatient study group. METHOD: A total of 711 subjects (stratified by Mood Disorder Questionnaire score) were randomly selected from a group of 85,358 adult respondents in a nationwide epidemiological general population sample that was balanced for key demographic variables. Of these, 695 subjects received a telephone interview involving an abbreviated version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. RESULTS: A sensitivity of 0.281 and a specificity of 0.972 were obtained for the Mood Disorder Questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire is a useful screening instrument for bipolar I and II disorders in the community. The operating characteristics of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire in the general population differ substantially from its characteristics in outpatient psychiatric settings.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.178