Validity of General Health Questionnaire (Ghq-36/Ghq-12) in the Psychiatric O.P.D. of a General Hospital

Validity of General Health Questionnaire (Ghq-36/Ghq-12) in the Psychiatric O.P.D. of a General Hospital—a Pilot Study

Published:1988-06 Issue:2 Volume:34 Page:130-134
ISSN:0020-7640
Container-title:International Journal of Social Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Soc Psychiatry

Author:

Bandyopadhyay Gautam¹,Sen Biswajit²,Sinha Swagata³,Sen Gobinda⁴

Affiliation:

1. Medical Officer (Psychiatrist), West Bengal Health Services, India

2. Consultant Psychiatrist, G.S. Clinic, Calcutta, India

3. House Physician, Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital, India

4. Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital, India

Abstract

Two shorter versions of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) viz. GHQ-36 physical illness items removed (GHQ-36-P) and GHQ-12 were validated in the psychiatric OPD of a teaching hospital in Calcutta among known patients and controls. It was found that a higher cut-off point than that originally recommended yielded satisfactory valida tion indices for both the versions.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002076408803400207

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