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Mood Disorder Questionnaire scoring

Usage

mdq_score(
  data,
  col_map = list(),
  na_action = c("keep", "omit", "error"),
  missing_prop_max = 0.2,
  prefix = "MDQ",
  symptom_cutoff = 7,
  require_clustering = TRUE,
  require_impairment = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

data

Data frame containing questionnaire item columns.

col_map

Named list mapping canonical item IDs to column names; defaults assume items are already named.

na_action

How to handle rows with missing items: keep, omit, or error.

missing_prop_max

Maximum allowed proportion of missing items per row before the score is set to NA.

prefix

Prefix for output column names.

symptom_cutoff

Minimum symptom count for a positive screen.

require_clustering

Require clustering item == 1 to be positive.

require_impairment

Require impairment item == 1 to be positive.

verbose

Logical flag for verbose messaging (reserved).

Value

A tibble of score columns only: MDQ_symptom_count, MDQ_clustering, MDQ_impairment, MDQ_positive_screen. Input columns are not included.

References

Hirschfeld RMA, Williams JBW, Spitzer RL, Calabrese JR, Flynn L, Keck PE, Lewis L, McElroy SL, Post RM, Rapport DJ, Russell JM, Sachs GS, Zajecka J (2000). “Development and Validation of a Screening Instrument for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder: The Mood Disorder Questionnaire.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(11), 1873–1875. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1873 .

Examples

df <- data.frame(matrix(0, nrow = 1, ncol = 13))
names(df) <- sprintf("mdq_%02d", 1:13)
df$mdq_cluster <- 1; df$mdq_impair <- 1
mdq_score(df)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#>   MDQ_symptom_count MDQ_clustering MDQ_impairment MDQ_positive_screen
#>               <dbl> <lgl>          <lgl>          <lgl>              
#> 1                 0 TRUE           TRUE           FALSE