BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous studies have reported mood symptoms after stroke to be a risk factor for later mortality. The purpose of the study was to examine whether mood symptoms at 1 month after stroke may be a risk factor for mortality at 12 and 24 months. METHODS As a cohort within a randomized controlled trial, 448 hospital patients were seen at 1 month after stroke and were randomiz...

BACKGROUND There are several studies regarding sexual dysfunction in chronic diseases such as diabetes and renal failure; however, no significant study has been done on Iranian rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to identify and compare sexual dysfunction between RA patients and the normal population. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this case-control study, two gr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and factors associated with poor mental health in women suffering from infertility. METHOD The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Anxiety Subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADSA) were administered to 112 women with infertility at the time of their first presentation ...

BACKGROUND Measurement equivalence is an essential prerequisite for making valid comparisons in mental health questionnaires across groups. In most methods used for assessing measurement equivalence, which is known as Differential Item Functioning (DIF), latent variables are assumed to be continuous. OBJECTIVE To compare a new method called Latent Class Regression (LCR) designed for discrete ...

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. re...

Abstract Measures of mental health are heavily relied upon to identify at-risk individuals. However, self-reported metrics might be unduly affected by mis-reporting (perhaps stemming from stigma effects). In this article, we consider phenomenon focusing the using UK panel data 1991 2018. separate analyses males and females, examine how inaccurate reporting General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence, to report barriers and mental health impact of bullying behaviours and to analyse whether psychological support at work could affect victims of bullying in the healthcare workplace. DESIGN Self-administered questionnaire survey. SETTING 20 in total neonatal intensive care units in 17 hospitals in Greece. PARTICIPANTS 398 healt...

The EUropean Research on Incapacitating DIseases and Social Support (EURIDISS) is an international longitudinal study focusing on patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). It elaborates on the impact of the chronic disease on patients’ daily lives. Rheumatoid arthritis, social support and quality of life are the central concepts within the project. Goldberg and Hillier’s 28-item scaled version o...

OBJECTIVE To identify key characteristics of psychologically distressed general practitioners and whether these GPs volunteered for a "GP health" educational program. SETTING Eight Australian divisions of general practice responding to an invitation to participate in the research in 1999, representing 1356 GPs. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), together with de...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the relationship between violence in the post-partum period and mothers' psychological distress. METHOD Three hundred and fifty two women responded to a questionnaire after the birth, at the Trieste Hospital (Italy), and 292 of them responded to a telephone interview 8 months later. Psychological distress was evaluated with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ); partner ...