Using GHQ-12 to Screen Mental Health Issues in People with Emphysema

Although previous studies have investigated the presence of psychometric comorbidities in individuals with emphysema, our understanding impact emphysema on general mental health and specific dimensions health, such as social dysfunction anhedonia, depression anxiety, loss confidence, remains limited. This research aims to examine influence its using GHQ-12 assessment. By employing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), predictive normative approach, one-sample t-test, we analyzed data from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), including 97 clinically diagnosed 8980 without a clinical diagnosis emphysema. The findings this study indicate that experience poorer (t(96) = 8.41, p < 0.001, Cohen’s d 0.12, 95% C.I. [0.09, 0.15]), increased levels anhedonia 6.02, 0.09, [0.06, 0.11]), heightened anxiety 7.26, 0.11, [0.08, 0.14]), well elevated confidence 6.40, [0.07, 0.12]). These suggest need for intervention programs aimed at improving