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A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

D. P. Goldberg  and
V. F. Hillier
D. P. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
V. F. Hillier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor David Goldberg, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR.
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Synopsis

This study reports the factor structure of the symptoms comprising the General Health Questionnaire when it is completed in a primary care setting. A shorter, 28-item GHQ is proposed consisting of 4 subscales: somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression. Preliminary data concerning the validity of these scales are presented, and the performance of the whole 28-item questionnaire as a screening test is evaluated. The factor structure of the symptomatology is found to be very similar for 3 independent sets of data.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 139 - 145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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