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...

In order to clarify the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and mental health status in Japanese workers, the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and Zung's Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were administered to 254 male factory workers; further, eight of their personal health practices were surveyed using the Health Practice Index (HPI). Few studies have used the GHQ-28 and SD...

El objetivo de esta revisión es describir las características psicométricas versiones en español instrumentos utilizados la detección trastornos mentales comunes, sobre base una búsqueda sistemática PubMed y Google Académico. Se identificaron los siguientes con información pertinente: General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12 GHQ-28), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Escala Salud Person...

"Do the sociodemographic characteristics relate to the levels of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic renal failure in Athens?" The study investigated in a group of renal disease patients differences referring to self-reported mental health, depression, and anxiety, after controlling for gender, age, education, and marital status. Patient-reported assessments included General Health ...

OBJECTIVE To know the psychometric properties of the GHQ-28 when it is applied to a sample of opiate-dependent patients. METHOD Participants were 138 opiate-dependent patients. Reliability was estimated by means of the Cronbach's alpha and Spearman-Brown coefficients. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was applied to check the four-factor structure proposed by Goldberg and Hillier. The sensitivity ...

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...

Introduction: GHQ-28 is a screening instrument for evaluating psychiatric symptoms in vast groups of individuals. This study is the first attempt to examine the factor structure of the GHQ-28 in Iranian people. Methods: Three hundred and thirty six inpatients and outpatients who suffered from skin disease referred to Razi hospital in Tehran fully completed the GHQ-28 questionnaire. Factor struc...