Screening for Bipolar Disorder Symptoms in Depressed Primary Care Attenders: Comparison between Mood Disorder Questionnaire and Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32)

Table 5

Demographic and clinical characteristics according to threshold score on the MDQ.

	MDQ: standard cut-off*				MDQ: cut-off 6**
	Positive	Negative	𝐹/chi-square, df	𝑃	Positive	Negative	𝐹/chi-square, df	𝑃
Gender, women, %	62.5	72.9	.402, 1	ns	63.6	74.6	1.022, 1	ns
Age, years: mean ± sd	48.4±11.8	49.1±15.4	.018, 1	ns	45.5±13.9	50.2±15.3	1.608, 1	ns
Education level, high, %	62.5	65.1	.833, 1	ns	77.3	60.9	2.019, 1	ns
Civil status, separated/divorced, %	25.0	20.0	.461, 2	ns	31.8	16.9	2.326, 2	ns
Occupation, nonprofessional condition, %	37.5	46.4	.247, 1	ns	40.9	47.1	.276, 1	ns
Current therapy, AD, %	62.5	67.1	.074, 1	ns	45.5	73.2	5.87, 2	.015
Panic attack disorder, %	37.5	10.6	4.757, 1	.029	18.2	11.3	.723, 1	ns
Smoking habit, yes, %	62.5	25.9	4.859, 1	.028	42.9	25	2.459, 1	ns
Cardiovascular risk factors, 2 or more, %	37.5	10.6	4.757, 1	.029	22.7	9.9	2.499, 1	ns

∗Standard cut-off: endorsement of at least 7 or more symptoms items, cooccurrence of two or more symptoms, and moderate or severe impairment.
∗∗Cut-off 6: endorsement of at least 6 or more symptoms items, with no adjunctive criteria.
List of abbreviations: MDQ: mood disorder questionnaire; Chi-sq: chi-square test; df: degrees of freedom; sd: standard deviation; ns: nonsignificant; AD: antidepressant.