Validity of the scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in a Spanish population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23364168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Lobo (0000-0001-7614-7605, Universidad de Zaragoza, corresponding author), Maria Jesús Pérez-Echeverría, Jesus Artal (Universidad de Zaragoza) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-140 |
| Publication date | 1986-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2917 • E-ISSN: 1469-8978 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0033291700002579 |
| PMID | 3961039 |
| OpenAlex | W2048128394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 11 |
Synopsis This study confirms the validity of a Spanish version of the General Health Questionnaire in its scaled 28-item version. The screening instrument was tested on a sample of 100 patients attending an internal medicine out-patient clinic, who were examined independently by psychiatrists standardized in the use of the Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS). The questionnaire correctly identified 85% of “cases” with a cutting score of 6/7 (sensitivity 76·9%, specificity 90·2%), and 83% of cases with a cutting score of 5/6 (sensitivity 84·6%, specificity 82%), suggesting a discriminative power almost as good as the Spanish GHQ-60. It has the important advantage of being considerably shorter and, although the 4 subscales are by no means independent, its concurrent validity with CIS ratings suggests that they provide additional information concerning anxiety and depression.
Anxiety · Depression (economics) · General Health Questionnaire · Population · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Medicine · Psychology
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