Psychometric properties of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in Chinese women during pregnancy and in the postnatal period

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-69

  Wan, Yim Ip ^a   Martin, Colin R ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

General health questionnaire; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 30344440083     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500155750     Document Type: Article

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