OBJECTIVE The study focuses on psychosocial variables related to suicide ideation in young soldiers. METHOD 1329 Soldiers were randomly selected from the Infantry Forces in different regions. All the soldiers were requested to complete the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) as well as General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Data were analyzed using correlation tests. RESULTS The results ...

BACKGROUND There have not been many attempts to validate screening measures for common mental disorders (CMD) in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to examine the criterion validity of the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12) in a community-based study from Goa, India. METHOD Concurrent and convergent validity of the GHQ-12 were assessed against the Mini Internati...

Background and aims: Many factors could affect on the health status. This study aimed to assess the general health status of high-school students in Ilam province in 2014. Methods:This cross– sectional study determined the general health status of high-school students in Ilam, located in west of Iran in 2014. The samples were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected ...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their experiences during Operation Orderly in London District. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of the deployment which inquired about distressing experiences. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Impact of Event Scale (IES) were included to provide an obj...

background: given that validity is the baseline of psychological assessments, there is a need to provide evidence-based data for construct validity of such scales to advance the clinicians for evaluating psychiatric morbidity in psychiatric and psychosomatic setting. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the malaysian version of the ghq-2...

BACKGROUND A prospective epidemiology study evaluated the role of specific social and psychological variables in the prediction of depressive symptomatology and disorders following childbirth in a community sample. Measures of social support used previously in clinically depressed populations facilitated further comparison. METHODS Nulliparous pregnant women (N = 507) were interviewed during ...

BACKGROUND The 12-Item General Health (GHQ-12) questionnaire is one of the most commonly used instruments in screening studies on mental health. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to examine the factor structure of the GHQ-12 questionnaire among the students in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS It was a cross-sectional study in which 428 university students were recruited and completed the GHQ-12...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological state of women and its associated factors in the third trimester of pregnancy and at eight weeks postpartum and to explore the changes in psychological state between these two time points. Material and Methods: This survey study was carried out on 358 pregnant women visiting urban health centers in Shahroud, northeast Iran, ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : breast cancer is a common cancer in women that affects femininity and marital life because of side effect of cancer treatments on breast as a sexual organ. the aim of this study was to evaluate the marital satisfaction in patients with breast cancer compared to general population. methods : in a cross-sectiona...

BACKGROUND The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a commonly used screening instrument for measuring mental disorders. However, few studies have measured the mental health of Chinese professionals or explored the factor structure of the GHQ-12 through investigations of young Chinese civil servants. METHOD This study analyses the factor structure of the GHQ-12 on young Chinese ci...