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Validity of the General Health Questionnaire in a Yugoslav student population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Z. Radovanović  and
L. J. Erić
Z. Radovanović*
Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology and the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
L. J. Erić
Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology and the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Z. Radovanović, Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
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Synopsis

The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was shown to be a valid instrument for the screening of psychological impairment in a defined population of Yugoslav students. Optimal indices of validity were obtained by the use of the 60-item version of the GHQ and a cut-off score of 13/14. The product-moment correlation coefficients between clinical ratings of severity of mental impairment and GHQ scores ranged from 0·71 to 0·78.

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Brief Communications
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 205 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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