A screening instrument for psychological distress in Botswana: Validation of the Setswana version of the 28-item General Health Questionnaire

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Segopolo, Mondy T ^a   Selemogwe, Morekwe M ^a   Plattner, Ilse E ^a   Ketlogetswe, Naledi ^a   Feinstein, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botswana; General Health Questionnaire; Primary healthcare; Psychological distress; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749096819     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008093448     Document Type: Article

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