Validation of Muñoz's Mood Screener in a Nonclinical Spanish Population

Vázquez, Fernando; Muñoz, Ricardo F.; Blanco, Vanessa; López, María Pereira

doi:10.1027/1015-5759.24.1.57

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“…We used the CES-D (31) to screen for current depressive symptoms and the Maternal Mood Screener (MMS) (32) to assess current and lifetime major depressive episode. The MMS is a self-report checklist to assess depressive episodes using DSM-IV criteria that has shown good concordance with diagnostic interviews (33,34). …”

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Six-Month Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Perinatal Depression in Low-Income Home Visiting Clients

Tandon

Leis

Mendelson

et al. 2013

Matern Child Health J

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Objectives Perinatal depression (PD) has negative consequences for mothers and children and is more prevalent among women of low socioeconomic status. Home visitation programs serve low-income pregnant women at risk for PD. This study tested the efficacy of a group-based cognitive behavioral intervention (Mothers and Babies Course; MB) in reducing depressive symptoms and preventing the onset of perinatal depression among low-income women enrolled in home visitation. Methods A randomized controlled trial was conducted. Seventy-eight women who were pregnant or had a child less than 6 months of age and who were assessed as at risk for PD were randomized to the MB intervention or usual home visiting services. Depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline and 1-week, 3- and 6-months post-intervention; depressive episodes were assessed with a clinical interview at the 6-month follow-up. Results Depressive symptoms declined at a significantly greater rate for intervention participants than usual care participants between baseline and 1-week, 3 months, and 6 months post-intervention. At the six-month follow-up, 15% of women who received the MB intervention had experienced a major depressive episode as compared with 32% of women receiving usual care. Conclusions Integrating mental health interventions into home visitation appears to be a promising approach for preventing PD. Cognitive behavioral techniques can be effective in preventing depression in perinatal populations and treating it.

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Six-Month Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Perinatal Depression in Low-Income Home Visiting Clients

Tandon

Leis

Mendelson

et al. 2013

Matern Child Health J

114

109

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“…Participants screened positive for an MDE if they experienced fi ve or more of the nine symptoms (including Symptom 1 or 2) for 2 weeks or more and the symptoms interfered with their life or activities a lot at any point during their lifetime (Past MDE) or in the last 2 weeks (Current MDE). The MDE Screener is validated and reliable in English and Spanish speakers ( Muñoz, McQuaid, González, Dimas, & Rosales, 1999 ;Vázquez, Muñoz, Blanco, & López, 2008 ) and showed good predictive validity for quit rates in participants with past or current major depression ( Muñoz et al, 1997( Muñoz et al, , 2006. Three diagnostic groups were defi ned: (a) No MDE history, never having an MDE; (b) Past MDE, history of MDEs but no Current MDE; and (c) Current MDE, meeting MDE criteria in last 2 weeks.…”

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International Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial yields 20% abstinence rates at 1 year

Muñoz¹,

Barrera²,

Delucchi³

et al. 2009

Nicotine &Amp; Tobacco Research

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Results: There were no signifi cant differences among the four conditions. The overall 12-month 7-day abstinence rates were 20.2% for Spanish speakers and 21.0% for English speakers when those with missing data were assumed to be smoking. Discussion:Internet smoking cessation interventions with such abstinence rates provided globally in additional languages could contribute substantially to tobacco control efforts. IntroductionThere are 1.1 billion smokers worldwide ( World Bank, 1999 ), and there were 5.4 million tobacco attributable deaths in 2005 ( Mathers & Loncar, 2006 ). International approaches to smoking cessation are needed to help those with less access to traditional smoking cessation methods. The Internet provides one means of providing such interventions. Traditional smoking cessation methods, such as nicotine replacement therapy or smoking cessation groups, yield abstinence rates in the range of 14% -27% at 6 months ( Fiore, Smith, Jorenby, & Baker, 1994 ;Lando, McGovern, Barrios, & Etringer, 1990 ;Schroeder, 2005 ). Newer medications, such as varenicline ( Gonzales et al., 2006 ) and long-term combination approaches ( Hall, Humfl eet, Reus, Muñoz, & Cullen, 2004 ), can increase and maintain abstinence rates to 30% or higher levels. AbstractIntroduction: There are 1.1 billion smokers worldwide. Traditional smoking cessation methods, such as nicotine replacement therapy and smoking cessation groups, yield between 14% and 27% abstinence rates at 6 months. Evidence-based Internet interventions with comparable abstinence rates could be a powerful global tool to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Methods:We report a randomized control trial in which 500 Spanish-speaking and 500 English-speaking adult Internet users, smoking at least 5 cigarettes/day and intending to quit in the next month, were recruited online from 68 countries. Consenting participants who completed baseline measures, logged cigarettes smoked on 3 days within a week, and set a quit date were randomized to four conditions. Each condition added new elements: Condition 1 was the " Guía Para Dejar de Fumar, " a static National Cancer Institute evidence-based stop smoking guide; Condition 2 consisted of Condition 1 plus E-mail reminders to return to the site; Condition 3 consisted of Condition 2 plus mood management lessons; and Condition 4 consisted of Condition 3 plus a " virtual group " (an asynchronous bulletin board). Main outcome measures were 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after initial quit date.

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“…This tempers the generalizability of these findings, as reports were provided by visitors to a Web site with no live communication with or verification by a professional. Although the MDE screener showed 97% sensitivity and specificity with clinician-administered measures (Vázquez et al, 2008), this same research found a positive predictive value of .646, suggesting a slightly higher tendency to suggest individuals have MDE even if a clinician-administered measure would not find this. Thus, it is possible that our results may have been different had we used clinician-administered measures.…”

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A Mood Management Intervention in an Internet Stop Smoking Randomized Controlled Trial Does Not Prevent Depression

Schueller

Pérez‐Stable

Muñoz

2013

Clinical Psychological Science

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Smoking and depression are related, and mood management interventions included in smoking cessation interventions can increase smoking abstinence rates. Could a mood management intervention embedded in an Internet-based smoking cessation intervention prevent major depressive episodes? Spanish- and English-speaking smokers (N = 17,430) from 191 countries were randomized to one of four online self-help intervention conditions (two with mood management). We analyzed preventive effects among those participants without a major depressive episode at baseline. The mood management intervention did not reduce the incidence of major depressive episodes in the following 12 months. However, we found a mood management by depression risk interaction (OR = 1.77, p = .004), such that high-risk participants who received the mood management intervention had an increased occurrence of major depressive episodes (32.8% vs. 26.6%), but not low-risk participants (11.6% vs. 10.8%). Further research on whether mood management interventions may have deleterious effects on subsets of smokers appears warranted.

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Validation of Muñoz's Mood Screener in a Nonclinical Spanish Population

Cited by 38 publications

References 30 publications

Six-Month Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Perinatal Depression in Low-Income Home Visiting Clients

Six-Month Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Perinatal Depression in Low-Income Home Visiting Clients

International Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial yields 20% abstinence rates at 1 year

A Mood Management Intervention in an Internet Stop Smoking Randomized Controlled Trial Does Not Prevent Depression

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