A Study of Factor Structure of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire in a Sample of Iranian Pregnant Women

Abstract

Objective: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) has been developed as a self-reporting, brief, and easy-to-use screening instrument to improve identification of bipolar mood disorders. The goals of the present study were to examine the prevalence of this disorder and interrelationship of its symptoms by factor analysis of MDQ in a group of pregnant women in Iran.