Studies with the Dartmouth COOP Charts in General Practice: Comparison with the Nottingham Health Profile and the General Health Questionnaire

1990 ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Meyboom-De Jong ◽  
R. J. A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
General Health ◽  
Nottingham Health Profile ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Health Questionnaire

A Factor Analytic Study of the 60-Item General Health Questionnaire in Australian Community and General Practice Settings

1984 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Burvill ◽  
M. W. Knuiman ◽  
R. A. Finlay-Jones
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Positive Finding ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Significant Difference

A factor analytic study of responses to a 60-item General Health Questionnaire of people in general practice and in the community in Perth, Western Australia, was performed. Five identified factors, accounting for 46% of the variance, were very similar to factors identified in an English general practice study but differed from two published Australian studies. The statistic of a relative GHQ profile was generated to compare these factors in various sets of data. There was no significant difference between the relative GHQ profile in the community and general practice data or between demographic factors such as sex, social class and country of birth. The major positive finding was of an excess of overtly psychological factors in ‘cases’ compared with an excess of more physical factors in ‘non-cases’.

Severity of symptoms of psychiatric outpatients: use of the General Health Questionnaire in hospital and general practice patients

1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. P. Sims ◽  
P. H. Salmons
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Outpatient Service ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Outpatient ◽  
Screening Device ◽  
Matched Samples

SynopsisA sample of 91 new referrals to a community based psychiatric outpatient service was compared with a cross-matched control sample of 107 patients attending the general practitioner's surgery. The subjects in both groups completed the General Health Questionnaire and there was a very marked difference between the scores of the two groups. Seventy-five of the psychiatric group had a high score on the questionnaire, and a large number of these were extremely high, while 74 of the general practice group had a low score. The ‘false’ positives and negatives are discussed. It is considered that the validity of this questionnaire as a screening device for demonstrating psychiatric morbidity and severity in general practice is further established in this study by showing that in matched samples the expected psychiatric morbidity in general practice can be compared with the much greater morbidity in psychiatric outpatient referrals. For the psychiatric sample more patients showed high scores and these tended to be much higher.

The Interval General Health Questionnaire and its Relationship with Psychiatric Disorder in Community and General Practice Samples

1990 ◽  
Vol 157 (5) ◽  
pp. 686-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Surtees ◽  
M. Tansella
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Diagnostic Significance ◽  
Formal Assessment ◽  
Summary Measures ◽  
Criterion Approach

This paper contrasts the usual scoring of the GHQ-30 with scoring based upon a criterion approach applied to only 12 of the GHQ items that takes account of the ‘diagnostic significance’ of the chosen items. Repeat assessments with this shorter form of the questionnaire (the l-GHQ), coupled with procedures to assess change, can be used to provide summary measures of symptom course in those research situations where available interview time precludes the use of more formal assessment methods.

Factor analysis and validation of the General Health Questionnaire in men: a general practice survey

1984 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hobbs ◽  
C. B. Ballinger ◽  
C. Greenwood ◽  
B. Martin ◽  
A. McClure
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Practice Survey

Factor Analysis and Validation of the General Health Questionnaire in Women: A General Practice Survey

1983 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hobbs ◽  
C. B. Ballinger ◽  
A. H. W. Smith
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
General Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
Practice Survey ◽  
Relevant Factors

SummaryAs part of a survey of 1517 women aged 20–60 years, a factor analysis and validation study of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was carried out. Although three clinically relevant factors could be isolated, their sensitivity was less than that of the total GHQ score, which was found to be a good measure of current psychiatric disturbance in this community sample.

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