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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 807-812 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Emotional disturbances in endocrine patients. Validity of the scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28)

A Lobo, MJ Perez-Echeverria, A Jimenez-Aznarez and MA Sancho
Departamento de Psiquiatria, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Clinico Universitario, Zaragoza, Spain.

The 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) has been validated against the criterion of the Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS) in Spanish patients in hospital with several types of endocrinological illnesses. The screening instrument correctly identified 91 of 100 respondents as exhibiting psychiatric disorder. The questionnaire's efficacy was similar at the time of medical discharge, when the rate of disorder was significantly lower. Significant correlations were found between GHQ total scores and endocrine blood measures in Addison's disease, and in Type I diabetes. The four subscales of the GHQ sum to provide additional information concerning somatic symptoms and anxiety.




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