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Cross-sectional Study of General Health Questionnaire Among University Students in ... Williams P. A user's guide to the general health questionnaire. Academia.edunolongersupportsInternetExplorer.TobrowseAcademia.eduandthewiderinternetfasterandmoresecurely,pleasetakeafewsecondsto upgradeyourbrowser. ×CloseLogInLoginwithFacebookLoginwithGoogleorEmailPasswordRemembermeonthiscomputerorresetpasswordEntertheemailaddressyousignedupwithandwe'llemailyouaresetlink. Needanaccount? Clickheretosignup LogInSignUpLogInSignUpmoreJobBoardAboutPressBlogPeoplePapersTermsPrivacyCopyrightWe'reHiring!HelpCenterless DownloadFreePDFDownloadFreePDFTheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ)TheGeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ)MohanIsaac1989,Socialpsychiatryand…ContinueReadingDownloadFreePDFDownloadRelatedPapersCross-sectionalStudyofGeneralHealthQuestionnaireAmongUniversityStudentsinMalaysia:AReliabilityStudyPrashantTalwar,MohdFadzilARBackground:TheGeneralHealthQuestionnaireisawidelyusedscaletomeasurepsychologicaldistress.Thisscaleisavailableinmanylanguages.Theoriginalversioncomprisedof60items.Itisavailablein30-items,28-items,20-itemsand12-items.Theshorterversionisasgoodasthelongerversionofthescale.Objective:Theaimofthisinvestigationwastodeterminethesensitivity,specificityandreliabilityofthe12-itemGeneralHealthQuestionnaire(GHQ-12)amonguniversitystudents.Method:Atotalof280undergraduatestudentswereselectedusingconvenientsampling.Result:TheresultsofthisstudyshowedthattheGHQ-12ismultidimensionalandcontainsthreefactorstructures.IthasahighinternalconsistencyandausefulinstrumenttomeasurethepsychologicalwellbeingofuniversitystudentsinMalaysiaPreviousauthorshavesuggestedthatthecut-offpointisdeterminedbythemean.Findingsfromthisstudy,basedonsensitivityandspecificity,suggeststhatmeanmaynotbeagoodoption.Thisstudyrecommendsthebestcut-offpointisdeterminedbytheROC.Conclusion:ThisstudyshowsthattheGHQ-12isavalidandreliableinstrumenttodetectpsychologicaldistressamonguniversitystudents.Theoptimumcut-offpointoftheGHQ-12scoretodetectpsychologicaldistresswas15/16.DownloadFreePDFViewPDFMentalHealthandEducationDecisions2012•francescacornagliaDownloadFreePDFViewPDFBMCMedicalEducationCanthe12-itemgeneralhealthquestionnairebeusedtoidentifymedicalstudentswhomight‘struggle’onthemedicalcourse?Aprospectivestudyontwocohorts2013•SarahStewart-brownDownloadFreePDFViewPDFSocialPsychiatryandPsychiatricEpidemiologyGHQ-28andcGHQ-28:implicationsoftwoscoringmethodsfortheGHQinaprimarycaresetting2004•LucLamarcheDownloadFreePDFViewPDFBMCPsychiatryThepsychometricpropertiesofthesubscalesoftheGHQ-28inamulti-ethnicmaternalsample:resultsfromtheBorninBradfordcohort2013•KatePickettDownloadFreePDFViewPDFBMCMedicalResearchMethodologyEffort,rewardandself-reportedmentalhealth:asimulationstudyonnegativeaffectivitybias2011•PascalWildDownloadFreePDFViewPDFCentreFortheEconomicsofEducationMentalHealthandEducationDecisions.CEEDP1362012•francescacornagliaDownloadFreePDFViewPDFPLoSONEMaternalMentalHealthandItsAssociationwithInfantGrowthat6MonthsinEthnicGroups:ResultsfromtheBorn-in-BradfordBirthCohortStudy2012•AllanHouseDownloadFreePDFViewPDFDiseaseSeverity,QualityofLife,andPsychiatricMorbidityinPatientsWithPsoriasisWithReferencetoSociodemographic,Lifestyle,andClinicalVariables:AProspective,Cross-SectionalStudyFromLahore,PakistanAbdulRahmanKhawajaAbstractBackground:Psoriasisisanimmune-mediated,chronicdiseasewithageneticbackgroundthatinvolvesskin,nails,andjoints.Theincidenceofpsoriasisvariesfrom2.0%to4.0%dependingonthegeographicallocation,ethnicbackground,andenvironmentalconditions.Recentresearchhasprovedthatpsoriasisisasystemicinflammatorydiseasewithextensivesystemicimplications.Objectivesofthestudyweretoexploretheseverityofpsoriasis,dermatology-relatedqualityoflife,andpsychiatrichealthofthepatientswithreferencetosociodemographic,lifestyle,andclinicalcharacteristics.Method:Consecutivepatientswithpsoriasis(ICD-10criteria)fromskinoutpatientclinicsof3tertiarycarehospitalsinLahore,Pakistan,betweenNovember1,2012,andDecember31,2012,wereassessedinthisprospectivecross-sectionalstudy.Thefinalsampleincludes87patientswhowereevaluatedforseverityofpsoriasis(PsoriasisAreaSeverityIndex[PASI]),dermatology-relatedqualityoflife(DermatologyLifeQualityIndex[DLQI]),andpsychiatricmorbidity(12-itemGeneralHealthQuestionnaire[GHQ-12])andwereassessedon23sociodemographic,lifestyle,andclinicalvariables.Results:Ofthe23variables,thePASIwassignificantlyassociatedwitheducationandhabitofdrinkingalcohol(P<.05>