Further Validation of the Goldberg 28 Items General Health Questionnaire

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RESUMO:O objetivo do presente estudo é validar a versão de 28 itens do Questionário de Saúde Geral de Goldberg. Participaram uma amostra consecutiva de 384 indivíduos, com mais de 18 anos (entre 18 e 85 anos) de ambos os géneros. Reproduzindo os procedimentos de validação da versão original, utilizou-se uma ACP, encontrando-se uma solução de quatro componentes, resultado idêntico ao estudo original e de outros estudos noutras línguas. Os resultados indicam uma boa consistência interna dos itens, e uma importante consistência na estrutura do GHQ-28 em culturas diferentes, o que suporta a tese de Goldgerg de que existe uma linguagem comum para o distresse psicológico entre culturas. Palavras chave-Questionário de Saúde Geral; estudo de validação; amostra sem doença ______________________________________________________________________ FURTHER VALIDATION OF THE GOLDBERG 28 ITEMS GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIREABSTRACT: The aim of our study is to contribute for the study of validation of the 28-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in a non-clinical population in Portugal. The GHQ-28 was applied to a consecutive sample of 384 individuals belonging to one health region from Portugal, regular users of the health system, from all ages (between 18 and 85 years), both genders, without mental disease. A principal components analysis was applied and a four-factor solution found. The exploratory factor analysis results corresponded to the original factor structure. The findings indicate an important consistency in the factor structure of the GHQ-28 with results from other cultural settings, supporting Goldberg's hypothesis of a common language of psychological distress between cultures.

Mental health symptoms in electronic football players

“…in the previous 4 weeks was performed Open access using the anxiety/insomnia and severe depression factors of the Portuguese version of GHQ-12. 24 A Likert 4-point scoring method was used to calculate the total score, where the higher value represented more severe condition. 25 Following Goldberg and colleagues, 17 scores higher than 2 were considered to establish the presence of anxiety/depression.…”

Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping

“…Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28; Goldberg & Hillier, 1979, Portuguese version from Pais Ribeiro et al, 2015) The GHQ is usually administered to assess mental health or psychological well-being. According to the GHQ-28 manual, it is used to detect the existence of probable psychiatric disorder in the general population; it assesses the current state of the individual and identifies if that state differs from its normal state, making it sensible to recent (vs stable, prolonged) psychiatric disorders (Pais Ribeiro et al, 2015).…”

“…Consequently, the sub-scales scores vary between 0 and 21 and the total score varies between 0 and 84, with higher scores representing worse mental health. The original authors defend that a score above the 4/5 cut-off indicates the probability of psychiatric case, with the literature suggesting a total score of 23/24 as the indicator of a case to be studied (Pais Ribeiro et al, 2015).…”

“…There are several validation studies of the GHQ in European Portuguese (cf. Pais Ribeiro et al, 2015). Pais Ribeiro et al (2015) The (adult) Trait Hope Scale comprises 8-point Likert scale (1-8) and 12 items: 4 are distractors and 8 assess hope -4 assess "agency" (past, present, and future) and the other 4 assess "pathways".…”

“…Pais Ribeiro et al, 2015). Pais Ribeiro et al (2015) The (adult) Trait Hope Scale comprises 8-point Likert scale (1-8) and 12 items: 4 are distractors and 8 assess hope -4 assess "agency" (past, present, and future) and the other 4 assess "pathways". Three scores can be derived from the scale: the total Hope Scale score (computed by the sum of the 8 items), and a score for each hope dimension/subscale (the sum of the respective 4 items).…”