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Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5

BACKGROUD: The objective is to compare the performance of the MHI-5 and GHQ-12, both measures of general mental health. Therefore, we studied the relationship of the GHQ-12 and MHI-5 with sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported visits to general practice and mental health care, and with diag...

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Autores principales: Hoeymans, Nancy, Garssen, Anna A, Westert, Gert P, Verhaak, Peter FM
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC428585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15132745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-2-23
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author Hoeymans, Nancy
Garssen, Anna A
Westert, Gert P
Verhaak, Peter FM
author_facet Hoeymans, Nancy
Garssen, Anna A
Westert, Gert P
Verhaak, Peter FM
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description BACKGROUD: The objective is to compare the performance of the MHI-5 and GHQ-12, both measures of general mental health. Therefore, we studied the relationship of the GHQ-12 and MHI-5 with sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported visits to general practice and mental health care, and with diagnoses made by the general practitioner. METHODS: Data were used from the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, which was carried out in 104 practices. This study combines data from a representative sample of the Dutch population with data from general practice. RESULTS: The agreement between the GHQ-12 and MHI-5 is only moderate. Both instruments are however similarly associated with demographic characteristics (except age), self-reported health care use, and psychological and social diagnoses in general practice. CONCLUSIONS: The performance of the MHI-5 and GHQ-12 in terms of predicting mental health problems and related help seeking behaviour is similar. An advantage of the MHI-5 is that it has been widely used, not only in surveys of mental health, but also in surveys of general health and quality of life, and it is shorter. A disadvantage of the MHI-5 is that there is no cut-off point. We recommend a study to establish a valid, internationally comparable cut-off point.
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spelling pubmed-4285852004-06-20 Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5 Hoeymans, Nancy Garssen, Anna A Westert, Gert P Verhaak, Peter FM Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUD: The objective is to compare the performance of the MHI-5 and GHQ-12, both measures of general mental health. Therefore, we studied the relationship of the GHQ-12 and MHI-5 with sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported visits to general practice and mental health care, and with diagnoses made by the general practitioner. METHODS: Data were used from the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, which was carried out in 104 practices. This study combines data from a representative sample of the Dutch population with data from general practice. RESULTS: The agreement between the GHQ-12 and MHI-5 is only moderate. Both instruments are however similarly associated with demographic characteristics (except age), self-reported health care use, and psychological and social diagnoses in general practice. CONCLUSIONS: The performance of the MHI-5 and GHQ-12 in terms of predicting mental health problems and related help seeking behaviour is similar. An advantage of the MHI-5 is that it has been widely used, not only in surveys of mental health, but also in surveys of general health and quality of life, and it is shorter. A disadvantage of the MHI-5 is that there is no cut-off point. We recommend a study to establish a valid, internationally comparable cut-off point. BioMed Central 2004-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC428585/ /pubmed/15132745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-2-23 Text en Copyright © 2004 Hoeymans et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Verhaak, Peter FM
Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title_full Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title_fullStr Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title_full_unstemmed Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title_short Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5
title_sort measuring mental health of the dutch population: a comparison of the ghq-12 and the mhi-5
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC428585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15132745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-2-23
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