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

Table 6

Demographic and clinical characteristics according to threshold score on the HCL-32.

	HCL-32: Standard cut-off*				HCL-32: cut-off 12**
	Positive	Negative	𝐹/chi-Square, df	𝑃	Positive	Negative	𝐹/chi-Square, df	𝑃
Gender, women %	72.5	71.7	.011, 1	ns	71.2	73.2	.051, 1	ns
Age, years: mean ± sd	45.7±13.6	51.6±15.6	3.457, 1	ns	46.0 ± 14.2	52.9 ± 15.3	4.92, 1	.029
Education level, high %	76.9	55.8	5.273, 1	.037	78.4	47.5	9.34, 1	.002
Civil Status, separated/divorced %	30.0	13.2	5.638, 2	ns	25.0	14.6	2.124, 2	ns
Occupation, non professional condition %	42.5	48.1	.301, 1	ns	42.3	50.0	.560, 1	ns
Current therapy, AD %	57.5	73.6	2.674, 1	ns	44.2	19.5	6.343, 1	.012
Panic attack disorder %	12.5	13.2	.012, 1	ns	13.5	12.2	.035, 1	ns
Smoking habit, yes %	42.1	19.6	5.273, 1	.022	38.8	17.5	4.83, 1	.028
Cardiovascular risk factors, 2 or more %	20.0	7.5	3.176, 1	ns	15.4	9.8	.654, 1	ns

∗Standard cut-off: endorsement of at least 14 or more items.
∗∗Cut-off 12: endorsement of at least 12 or more items.
List of abbreviations: HCL-32: hypomania checklist; Chi-sq: chi-square test; df: degrees of freedom; sd: standard deviation; ns: non significant; AD: antidepressant.