Background The introduction of screening questionnaires, such as the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ), has stimulated clinical and epidemiological studies on bipolar disorders. In this work, we studied the item response pattern of the MDQ in the Italian population and compared the results with those of the validation of the MDQ in Asian studies (Chinese and Korean), analyzing similarities and differences among the populations studied. Methods The sample was made up of 2278 participants, distributed as follows: 56.6% females, 50.8% living in the north-central Italy, and 33.7% living in rural areas. The factor analysis was run on the matrix of tetrachoric correlations. The psychometric properties of the MDQ were also studied using the Rasch ...
Background: Recent studies with the mood rhythm instrument (MRhI) have shown that the presence of re...
BackgroundPersistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function,...
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a common screening tool for bipolar disorder that assesses ...
Background The introduction of screening questionnaires, such as the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MD...
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the reliability and validity of a Chinese ver...
Aims: The aim of the present study was to determine the validity of a Chinese version of the Mood Di...
Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired functio...
Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired functio...
[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and spe...
Background: Aim of the study was the validation of the Bipolar Disorder Rating Scale (BDRS) in an It...
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is often misdiagnosed as a major depressive disorder (MDD). This s...
<p>Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired func...
Background: Aim of the study was the validation of the Bipolar Disorder Rating Scale (BDRS) in an It...
Background Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function...
Background: Recent studies with the mood rhythm instrument (MRhI) have shown that the presence of re...
Background: Recent studies with the mood rhythm instrument (MRhI) have shown that the presence of re...
BackgroundPersistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function,...
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a common screening tool for bipolar disorder that assesses ...
Background The introduction of screening questionnaires, such as the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MD...
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the reliability and validity of a Chinese ver...
Aims: The aim of the present study was to determine the validity of a Chinese version of the Mood Di...
Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired functio...
Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired functio...
[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and spe...
Background: Aim of the study was the validation of the Bipolar Disorder Rating Scale (BDRS) in an It...
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is often misdiagnosed as a major depressive disorder (MDD). This s...
<p>Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired func...
Background: Aim of the study was the validation of the Bipolar Disorder Rating Scale (BDRS) in an It...
Background Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function...
Background: Recent studies with the mood rhythm instrument (MRhI) have shown that the presence of re...
Background: Recent studies with the mood rhythm instrument (MRhI) have shown that the presence of re...
BackgroundPersistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function,...
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a common screening tool for bipolar disorder that assesses ...