General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12 and GHQ28): Psychometric properties and factor structure of the scales in a Turkish primary care sample

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 327-331

  Kilic C ^a   Rezaki, M ^a   Rezaki, B ^b   Kaplan, I ^c   Ozgen G ^d   Sagduyu A ^e   Oztrk M O ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Sevgi Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^d Bakirkoy State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 0030766627     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00805437     Document Type: Article

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