2016
DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2016.1246608
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Discriminant validity of the 12-item version of the general health questionnaire in a Swedish case-control study

Abstract: The GHQ-12 has excellent discriminant validity and is well suited as a non-specific measure of affective disorders in public mental health surveys.

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“…Psychological distress was assessed using the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) [23], which has been validated for use in the Swedish population [24, 25]. Item scores were coded according to the Likert method (0–1–2-3) [26] and a total GHQ-12 score ranging from 0 to 36 was computed.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Psychological distress was assessed using the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) [23], which has been validated for use in the Swedish population [24, 25]. Item scores were coded according to the Likert method (0–1–2-3) [26] and a total GHQ-12 score ranging from 0 to 36 was computed.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Desde este punto de vista, la salud mental refleja un constructo referencial del estado de bienestar que puede percibir un individuo en su contexto y que es básico para el entendimiento desde la psicología de la conducta normal y patológica. La salud mental es un concepto que involucra los aspectos individuales psicológicos expresados en los afectos, la introspección y la percepción sobre su estado individual pero, también en lo social, que se relacionan con el entorno y colectivo, la productividad y el funcionamiento social (Lundin et al, 2017). En esencia, es una mirada de la salud subjetiva y propia del sentir del individuo y su relación con el entorno.…”
Section: Salud Mental Y Sus Determinantesunclassified
“…Permite conocer la valoración que tienen de la salud mental tanto población general como clínica en una escala Likert de cuatro respuestas: No en absoluto (1) a Más que antes (4). La versión presente muestra dos componentes factoriales que corresponden a: a) Bienestar Psicológico y b) Funcionamiento Social, junto con un puntaje global en el que las puntuaciones elevadas reportan mejor percepción de salud general (Lundin et al, 2017). Sobre la fiabilidad, se encontró que la prueba arroja resultados elevados (.89).…”
Section: Cuestionario De Salud General (Sg)unclassified
“…Mental health status was assessed with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): a reliable and valid scale, with scores ranging from 0 to 12, were a higher scores indicate higher psychological distress. [19] The following stratification variables were defined based on baseline data: gender, age, socioeconomic position and work-or occupational sedentary behaviour. People were stratified into working-age population defined as 64 or younger, or retirement age (people 65 or older) at follow-up.…”
Section: Definition Of Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%