BACKGROUND Ageing is an important factor in the development of mental health problems and their treatment. We assessed age trajectories of common mental disorders (CMDs) and psychotherapy utilization from adolescence to old age, and examined whether these trajectories were modified by time period or birth cohort effects. METHOD British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) with an 18-year follow-up b...

The number of female doctors in Japan has been increasing, but the relationship between their work environment and their mental health is not clear. This study aimed to determine factors in the work environment influencing mental health status among female doctors. We mailed an anonymous survey questionnaire to 587 female doctors, and 367 (62.5%) responded. The survey included questions about a...

BACKGROUND The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) indicator tool is one of the most commonly used tools for assessing the risk of work-related stress. Few studies, however, have investigated whether and how its scales are related to psychological distress or other work-related health outcomes. AIMS To investigate the relationship between the HSE indicator tool, psychological distress, as measu...

BACKGROUND The assessment of 'general health and well-being' in public mental health research stimulates debates around relative merits of questionnaire instruments and their items. Little evidence regarding alignment or differential advantages of instruments or items has appeared to date. AIMS Population-based psychometric study of items employed in public mental health narratives. METHOD ...

Stability of Factor Structure and Correlation with Perceived Job Stress in General Health Questionnaire: a Three-wave Survey over One Year in Japanese Workers: Jun SHIGEMI, et al. Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School—A crosssect ional s tudy was conducted to examine psychological symptoms and job stress in Japanese workers. To assess the stability of ...

The factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was investigated in a non-clinical sample in relation to the role of field dependence (assessed by the Hidden Figures Test) in influencing the extent to which different aspects of psychoneurotic disturbance are differentiated. Greater differentiation was achieved by the field independent (FI) group than by the field dependent (FD) g...

Background: Renal failure is a chronic disease that can have serious effects on patients’ quality of life (QoL). Objective: Gender, age, education and marital status were investigated in end-stage renal disease patients. Specifically, the relationship of QoL and mental health to sociodemographic variables was examined. Methodology: 144 patients in-centre haemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambula...

Objective. To validate the Yoruba version of Family Burden Interview Schedule (Y-FBIS) for assessing the burden on caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. Methods. Three hundred and sixty-eight dyads of persons with schizophrenia and their caregivers were recruited from a psychiatric outpatient clinic. The (Y-FBIS) and the Yoruba version of the GHQ-12 (Y-GHQ-12) were applied to the caregivers...

OBJECTIVE In this study anxiety and depressive disorders were evaluated in patients admitted to an emergency department (ED) or to a medical department (MD). METHODS The General Health Questionnaire-30 (GHQ-30) was administered to screen all patients (n = 719) consecutively admitted to an ED (n = 556) and to MD (n = 163) in a 120 day period. All GHQ-30 positive (score>4) underwent the Mini In...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected the life of individuals. purpose this study was to determine physical activity and mental health levels people who had stay home during outbreak, examine correlation between levels. Methods: A descriptive correlational design used in study. sample consisted 180 participants. data collection form 'The Personal Information Form', 'General He...