Validation of the Sinhala version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire
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The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): translation and validation study of the Iranian version
BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to translate and to test the reliability and validity of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in Iran. METHODS Using a standard 'forward-backward' translation procedure, the English language version of the questionnaire was translated into Persian (Iranian language). Then a sample of young people aged 18 to 25 years old completed the que...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2362-0323
DOI: 10.4038/jpgim.7859