The predictive power and psychometric properties of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28)

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-442

  Willmott, Sasi ^a,d   Boardman, Jed ^b   Henshaw, Carol ^c   Jones, Peter ^c  

^a MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General health questionnaire; Health; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 51849131558     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701528485     Document Type: Article

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