Diagnosing mental disorders in primary care: the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) as screening instruments

Schmitz, N.; Kruse, Johannes; Heckrath, Claudia; Alberti, Luciano; Tress, Wolfgang

doi:10.1007/s001270050156

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“…The Chinese version of symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) (Wang, 1984), a 90-item multidimensional self-report inventory aiming to evaluate a broad range of psychological problems and symptoms of psychopathology, was adopted as the major measurement for psychological status. The reliability, validity and utility of SCL-90 have been proved not only by psychiatric and psychological studies (Peveler et al, 1990;Schimitz et al, 1999;Prins et al, 2001), but also been demonstrated by studies in cancer patients (Derogatis et al, 1983;Tross et al, 1996;Lerman et al, 2011). The data from SCL-90 were calculated and compared with the normal range in Chinese reported by Jin et al (1986.…”

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Perioperative Comprehensive Supportive Care Interventions for Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: a Prospective Study

Zhang

Zhao²,

Fang³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objective: To assess the effects of perioperative comprehensive supportive care interventions on outcome of Chinese esophageal cancer patients in a prospective study. Methods: 60 patients with primary esophageal carcinoma were randomized into an intervention group (IG, n=31) and a control group (CG, n=29). The Chinese version of symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) was adopted to assess their psychological status. The interventions, including health education, psychological support, stress management, coping strategies and behavior training, were carried out in 3 phases (preoperative, postoperative Ⅰ and postoperative Ⅱ), and psychological effects were thereafter evaluated accordingly before surgery, and 1 week, 4 weeks and 24 weeks post-surgery. Medical costs were estimated at discharge. Survival of patients was estimated each year post-surgery. General health status and satisfaction-with-hospital were surveyed by a follow-up questionnaire 4 years post-surgery. Results: All the subjects demonstrated higher scores in the preoperative phase than the normal range of Chinese population concerning 7 psychological domains including somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety and paranoid ideation. Although no significant difference was observed between the two groups at admission, the scores of IG, which tended to decrease at a faster rate, were generally lower than those of CG at weeks 1, 4 and 24 post-surgery. The length of hospital stay and medical costs of IG were significantly less than those of CG and satisfaction-with-hospital was better. However, there was no significant difference in 4-year survival or health status between two groups. Conclusions: Appropriate perioperative comprehensive supportive care interventions help to improve the psychological state of Chinese patients with esophageal carcinoma, to reduce health care costs and to promote satisfaction of patients and their families with hospital.

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Perioperative Comprehensive Supportive Care Interventions for Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: a Prospective Study

Zhang

Zhao²,

Fang³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Cut-off score is the value at which a psychological disorder is indicated on the given measure. These values were obtained from Goldberg (1978) and Schmitz, Kruse, Heckrath, Alberti and Tress (1999) for the GHQ-12; Beck, Steer and Brown (1996) for the BDI-II; and, Schmitz et al (1999) for the GSI.…”

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Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II: A Revised Measure of Psychological Inflexibility and Experiential Avoidance

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“…25,40 GHQ-12 has been shown to be a valid screening tool for anxiety and depression diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition (revised). 41 A further limitation is that GHQ-12 score was only recorded at baseline and there was no reassessment of psychological distress via questionnaire.…”

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Association Between Psychological Distress and Liver Disease Mortality: A Meta-analysis of Individual Study Participants

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Diagnosing mental disorders in primary care: the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) as screening instruments

Cited by 239 publications

References 10 publications

Perioperative Comprehensive Supportive Care Interventions for Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: a Prospective Study

Perioperative Comprehensive Supportive Care Interventions for Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma: a Prospective Study

Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II: A Revised Measure of Psychological Inflexibility and Experiential Avoidance

Association Between Psychological Distress and Liver Disease Mortality: A Meta-analysis of Individual Study Participants

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