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Table 3 Percentage of positive responses by adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder on the HCL-33 and HCL-33-EA

From: A comparison of the 33-item Hypomania Checklist with the 33-item Hypomania Checklist-external assessment for the detection of bipolar disorder in adolescents

Items

Percentage of positive responses (%)

 

HCL-33

HCL-33-EA *

 

BD

MDD

BD

MDD

1. I need less sleep

51.7

42.5

36.1

23.0

2. I feel more energetic and more active

64.6

57.5

66.7

52.2

3. I am more self-confident

41.5

39.8

52.4

43.4

4. I enjoy my work more

48.3

38.1

36.7

32.7

5. I am more sociable (make more phone calls, go out more)

53.7

41.6

38.8

38.1

6. I want to travel and/or do travel more

44.9

48.7

44.9

41.6

7. I tend to drive faster or take more risks when driving

27.2

17.7

8.8

8.0

8. I spend more money/too much money

56.5

46.9

37.4

23.9

9. I take more risks in my daily life (in my work and/or other activities)

32.7

29.2

11.6

8.0

10. I am physically more active (sport etc.)

39.5

30.1

27.9

15.9

11. I plan more activities or projects

57.1

42.5

47.6

32.7

12. I have more ideas, I am more creative

53.7

46.9

51.7

45.1

13. I am less shy or inhibited

40.8

28.3

38.1

24.8

14. I wear more colourful and more extravagant clothes/make-up

28.6

19.5

22.4

15.9

15. I want to meet or actually do meet more people

40.8

33.6

22.4

18.6

16. I am more interested in sex and/or I am more sexually active

19.7

11.5

9.5

5.3

17. I talk more

66.7

61.1

61.2

53.1

18. I think faster

55.1

54.9

61.2

54.0

19. I make more jokes or puns when I am talking

60.5

67.3

56.5

45.1

20. I am more easily distracted

53.1

54.9

36.7

40.7

21. I engage in lots of new things

51.7

41.6

42.9

35.4

22. My thoughts jump from topic to topic

68.0

65.5

32.0

30.1

23. I do things more quickly and/or more easily

45.6

46.0

49.0

37.2

24. I am more impatient and/or get irritable more easily

66.0

52.2

53.7

51.3

25. I can be exhausting or irritating for others

49.0

38.9

37.4

36.3

26. I get into more quarrels

43.5

35.4

27.2

23.9

27. My mood is higher, more optimistic

46.3

47.8

51.0

41.6

28. I drink more coffee

15.6

8.8

4.8

8.0

29. I smoke more cigarettes

8.2

2.7

2.7

2.7

30. I drink more alcohol

13.6

2.7

5.4

0.9

31. I take more drugs (sedatives, anxiolytics, stimulants…)

15.0

7.1

5.4

4.4

32. I game or gamble more

29.9

20.4

22.4

15.0

33. I eat more or I binge more

42.2

34.5

21.8

15.0

  1. BD Bipolar Disorder, MDD Major Depressive Disorder, HCL-33 33-item Hypomania Checklist (HCL-33), HCL-33-EA 33-item Hypomania Checklist (HCL-33) external assessment
  2. *The subject for each question of the HCL-33-EA is “He/She”