scholarly journals Psychological factors including sense of coherence and some lifestyles are related to general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) in elderly workers in Japan

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiyo Matsuzaki ◽  
Takiko Sagara ◽  
Yoshiko Ohshita ◽  
Hirofumi Nagase ◽  
Keiki Ogino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Elderly Workers

Do Health Questionnaires Which Do Not Consider Sex Differences Miss Important Information?

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda M. Gibson ◽  
M. J. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
Health Questionnaires

The influence of gender on subsets of scores of Sense of Coherence, Hardiness, and personality traits was assessed in relation to psychological well-being using the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire, the Dispositional Resilience Scale, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. In a sample of Open University students (67 men aged 21 to 71 years and 239 women aged 19 to 66 years) sex differences were found in subsets of scores of Sense of Coherence, Hardiness, personality, and psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Non-cardiac, non-oesophageal chest pain: the relevance of psychological factors

Gut ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Y Ho ◽  
J Y Kang ◽  
B Yeo ◽  
W L Ng
Keyword(s):  
Chest Pain ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
General Health ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disease ◽  
Gallstone Disease ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Major Depressive Episodes ◽  
Depressive Episodes ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Background—No cause has been determined for chest pain that is neither cardiac nor oesophageal in origin.Aims—To compare the prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders and current psychological distress in three consecutive series of patients with chronic chest or abdominal pain.Patients—Thirty nine patients with non-cardiac chest pain and no abnormality on oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, oesophageal manometry, and 24 hour pH monitoring; 22 patients with non-cardiac chest pain having endoscopic abnormality, oesophageal dysmotility, and/or pathological reflux; and 36 patients with biliary colic.Methods—The Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the 28 item General Health Questionnaire were administered to all patients.Results—Patients with non-cardiac chest pain and no upper gastrointestinal disease had a higher proportion of panic disorder (15%), obsessive-compulsive disorder (21%), and major depressive episodes (28%) than patients with gallstone disease (0%, p<0.02; 3%, p<0.02; and 8%, p<0.05, respectively). In contrast, there were no differences between patients with non-cardiac chest pain and upper gastrointestinal disease and patients with gallstone disease in any of the DSM-111 defined lifetime psychiatric diagnoses. Using the General Health Questionnaire, 49% of patients with non-cardiac chest pain without upper gastrointestinal disease scored above the cut off point (that is, more than 4), which was considered indicative of non-psychotic psychiatric disturbance, whereas only 14% of patients with gallstones did so (p<0.005). The proportions of such cases were however similar between patients with non-cardiac chest pain and upper gastrointestinal disease (27%) and patients with gallstones.Conclusions—Psychological factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of chest pain that is neither cardiac nor oesophagogastric in origin.

Validity indices of the General Health Questionnaire among general hospital inpatients

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Friedrich ◽  
R Alexandrowicz ◽  
N Benda ◽  
G Cerny ◽  
J Wancata
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Validity Indices ◽  
Hospital Inpatients

Using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire to screen psychological distress from survivorship to end-of-life care: dimensionality and item quality

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 954-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Gao ◽  
Daniel Stark ◽  
Michael I. Bennett ◽  
Richard J. Siegert ◽  
Scott Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Item Quality
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