Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Pathological conditions signs and symptoms
- Disease:
Menstrual distress
- Objective:
To assess menstrual cycle symptomatology
- Population for intended use:
Female
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Signs and symptoms
- Administration mode:
Self-administered
- Number of items:
Forms C and T: 47 + 1 (non scored) / Short Form T: 22
- Recall/Observation period:
During menstrual flow / The week before the beginning of menstrual flow / Remainder of cycle
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
MDQ
| Czech* | French for Belgium* | Italian for Italy* | Spanish for Chile* |
| Danish for Denmark* | French for Canada* | Italian for Switzerland* | Spanish for Mexico* |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* | French for France* | Malay for Malaysia* | Spanish for Spain* |
| Dutch for the Netherlands* | French for Switzerland* | Mandarin for Hong-Kong | Spanish for the USA* |
| English for Australia* | German for Austria* | Norwegian for Norway* | Swedish for Sweden* |
| English for Canada* | German for Germany* | Polish for Poland* | Thai* |
| English for the UK* | German for Switzerland* | Portuguese for Brazil* | |
| Finnish for Finland* | Hungarian* | Spanish for Argentina* |
* Performed by the MAPI Institute
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Moos RH. The development of a menstrual distress questionnaire. Psychosom Med. 1968 Nov-Dec;30(6):853-67
Last update: March 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: January 2008
- Form C (Cycle): a retrospective screening tool
- Form T (Today): designed for diagnosis, treatment, and research applications
- Short Form T