Validity indices of the General Health Questionnaire among general hospital inpatients

Background/Objectives: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is one of the most frequently used screening instruments. It is a self-administrated questionnaire and was originally designed to detect mental disorders among general medical outpatients and in the community. The aim of this survey is to compare the criterion validity of GHQ 30-, 20-, and 12-item versions among general hospital inpatients when using the Bimodal, the Likert, the Modified Likert, and the Chronic scoring methods. Methods: The study sample was recruited from inpatient wards of surgical, medical, gynaecological and physical rehabilitation…