VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)

A short 5-itcni version of the General Health Questionnaire (CIHQ - 5) was evaluated for its validity in a sample of attendants of Psychiatric Patients. In comparison to a standardized Interview Schedule, the GHQ - 5 was found to have a sensitivity of 86%, specificity of 89% and an overall misclassi...

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Autores principales: Shamasunder, C., Sriram, T.G., Murali Raj, S.G., Shanmugham, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927178
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description A short 5-itcni version of the General Health Questionnaire (CIHQ - 5) was evaluated for its validity in a sample of attendants of Psychiatric Patients. In comparison to a standardized Interview Schedule, the GHQ - 5 was found to have a sensitivity of 86%, specificity of 89% and an overall misclassification rate of 13% with a cutting point of 1/2.
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spelling pubmed-31725332011-09-16 VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q) Shamasunder, C. Sriram, T.G. Murali Raj, S.G. Shanmugham, V. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article A short 5-itcni version of the General Health Questionnaire (CIHQ - 5) was evaluated for its validity in a sample of attendants of Psychiatric Patients. In comparison to a standardized Interview Schedule, the GHQ - 5 was found to have a sensitivity of 86%, specificity of 89% and an overall misclassification rate of 13% with a cutting point of 1/2. Medknow Publications 1986 /pmc/articles/PMC3172533/ /pubmed/21927178 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title_full VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title_fullStr VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title_full_unstemmed VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title_short VALIDITY OF A SHORT 5-ITEM VERSION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (G.H.Q)
title_sort validity of a short 5-item version of the general health questionnaire (g.h.q)
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