General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) - Statistics Solutions

British Medical Journal, 1, 439-443. Golderberg, D., & Williams, P. (1988). A user's guide to the General Health Questionnaire. Windsor, UK: NFER- ... Home DirectoryofSurveyInstruments GeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ) GeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ) Developedinthe1970s,theGeneralHealthQuestionnaireisamethodtoquantifytheriskofdevelopingpsychiatricdisorders.Thisinstrumenttargetstwoareas–theinabilitytocarryoutnormalfunctionsandtheappearanceofdistress–toassesswell-beinginaperson. TheformatofthefullGHQis60-itemtestwithafour-pointscaleforeachresponse. Thetestexitsinseveralalternateforms: GHQ-30(30items),GHQ-28(28-items),GHQ-12(12items). DiscoverHowWeAssisttoEditYourDissertationChapters Aligningtheoreticalframework,gatheringarticles,synthesizinggaps,articulatingaclearmethodologyanddataplan,andwritingaboutthetheoreticalandpracticalimplicationsofyourresearcharepartofourcomprehensivedissertationeditingservices. ScheduleYourFREEConsultation withaDissertationExpertToday Bringdissertationeditingexpertisetochapters1-5intimelymanner. Trackallchanges,thenworkwithyoutobringaboutscholarlywriting. Ongoingsupporttoaddresscommitteefeedback,reducingrevisions. Authors SirDavidGoldbergandPaulWilliams(1970) ValidityandReliability ThereportedCronbachalphacoefficientfortheGHQisarangeof0.82to0.86. Theinstrumentisconsideredasreliableandhasbeentranslatedinto38differentlanguages. Whencorrelatedwiththeglobalqualityoflifescale,theGHQshowednegativecorrelation. Thisdemonstratestheinverserelationshipwithanincreaseindistressleadingtoadecreaseinqualityoflife. ObtainingtheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire GLAssessment  Learnmoreaboutdepressionhere. Administration,AnalysisandReporting StatisticsSolutionsconsistsofateamofprofessionalmethodologistsandstatisticiansthatcanassistthestudentorprofessionalresearcherinadministeringthesurveyinstrument,collectingthedata,conductingtheanalysesandexplainingtheresults. Foradditionalinformationontheseservices,clickhere. References Goldberg,D.P.,&Blackwell,B.(1970).Psychiatricillnessingeneralpractice:Adetailedstudyusinganewmethodofcaseidentification.BritishMedicalJournal,1,439-443. Golderberg,D.,&Williams,P.(1988).Auser’sguidetotheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire.Windsor,UK:NFER-Nelson. Jackson,C.(2007).TheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire.OccupationalMedicine57,79.doi:10.1093/occmed/kql169. Heun,R.,Muller,H.,Freyberger,H.J.,&Maier,W.(1988).Reliabilityofinterviewinformationinafamilystudyintheelderly.SocialPsychiatryandPsychiatricEpidemiology,33,140–144. Quek,K.F.,Low,W.Y.,Razack,A.H.,&Loh,C.S.(2001).ReliabilityandvalidityoftheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ-12)amongurologicalpatients:AMalaysianstudy.PsychiatryandClinicalNeurosciences,55,509–513.