Smallest detectable change and test-retest reliability of a self-reported outcome measure: Results of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and 12-item General Health Questionnaire

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1348-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shotaro Ohno ◽  
Kana Takahashi ◽  
Aimi Inoue ◽  
Koki Takada ◽  
Yoshiaki Ishihara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Health ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Detectable Change ◽  
Smallest Detectable Change ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
General Self Efficacy

scholarly journals Use of self-administered instruments to assess psychiatric disorders in older people: validity of the General Health Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the self-completion version of the revised Clinical Interview Schedule

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 2649-2656 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Head ◽  
S. A. Stansfeld ◽  
K. P. Ebmeier ◽  
J. R. Geddes ◽  
C. L. Allan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Interview Schedule

BackgroundDiagnosis of depressive disorder using interviewer-administered instruments is expensive and frequently impractical in large epidemiological surveys. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of three self-completion measures of depressive disorder and other psychiatric disorders in older people against an interviewer-administered instrument.MethodA random sample stratified by sex, age and social position was selected from the Whitehall II study participants. This sample was supplemented by inclusion of depressed Whitehall II participants. Depressive disorder and other mental disorders were assessed by the interviewer-administered structured revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) in 277 participants aged 58–80 years. Participants also completed a computerized self-completion version of the CIS-R in addition to the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).ResultsThe mean total score was similar for the interviewer-administered (4.43) and self-completion (4.35) versions of the CIS-R [95% confidence interval (CI) for difference −0.31 to 0.16]. Differences were not related to sex, age, social position or presence of chronic physical illness. Sensitivity/specificity of self-completion CIS-R was 74%/98% for any mental disorder and 75%/98% for depressive episode. The corresponding figures were 86%/87% and 78%/83% for GHQ and 77%/89% and 89%/86% for CES-D.ConclusionsThe self-completion computerized version of the CIS-R is feasible and has good validity as a measure of any mental disorder and depression in people aged ⩾ 60 years. GHQ and CES-D also have good criterion validity as measures of any mental disorder and depressive disorder respectively.

Assessment of Optimistic Self-Beliefs: Further Validation of the Chinese Version of the General Self-Efficacy Scale

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1221-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siu-Kau Cheung ◽  
Stephen Y. K. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
General Self Efficacy

The Chinese version of the General Self-efficacy Scale developed by Jerusalem and Schwarzer was tested in a sample of 74 Chinese adults with mild mental health symptoms. Analysis showed the scale was unidimensional and had good internal reliability (α = .92). The scale score also differentiated groups of different mental health status and correlated strongly with scores on the General Health Questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale. Test-retest reliability over six months was also adequate

scholarly journals Teenage Pregnancy: Doubts, Uncertainties and Psychiatric Disturbance

1991 ◽  
Vol 84 (12) ◽  
pp. 723-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Maskey
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Attitude Scales

Fifty-two pregnant teenagers were assessed at ‘booking’ using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28), a locus of control scale, and five visual analogue ‘attitude scales’. Thirty-eight were in the antenatal and 14 in the termination clinic. One quarter had probable psychiatric disorder on the GHQ. The GHQ scores correlated significantly with indecision about the planned outcome of pregnancy (whether termination or full term). Locus of control correlated with the Depression scale of the GHQ but not with attitude to pregnancy or choice of termination or delivery. Clinic staff should be alert to the psychiatric risks when seeing teenagers who have marked doubts about their plans when pregnant.

The psychological signs of the patients who receive treatment in the general clinic

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s508-s508
Author(s):  
L. Utas Akahn
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Receive Treatment

BackgroundFor most of the physical illnesses, behavioral, emotional, cognitive and inter-personal reactions develop. These psychiatric conditions and reactions are actually the adjustment process of the organism.ObjectivesStudy is conducted in order to identify the psychiatric signs as well as findings of the patients who receive treatment in the general services of hospitals.MethodsThe study was carried out with a total of 500 patients who receive treatment in the general service of a hospital of a ministry of health in Turkey between February and May in 2015 by descriptive cross-sectional method. For collecting the data; patient charts, SCL 90-Rand general health questionnaire as well as hospital anxiety and depression scale were utilized. Kolmogorov Smirnov Normality test was applied for the average SCL90R and general health. Questionnaire, as a result of the test, it was detected that both scales did not meet the assumption of normality Therefore, Kruskal Wallis test of non-parametric was used.ResultsThe study showed no significant difference among the lengths of stay in the hospital according to the average SCL90-R and general health questionnaire It was observed that the patients in the cardiology, neurology, and plastic surgery departments had a higher rate of signs of obsessive compulsive disorders; that the patients in the plastic surgery and internal diseases departments had a higher rate of depressive signs; that the patients in the neurology and plastic surgery departments had a higher rate of paranoid ideation; and that the patients in the neurology service had a higher rate of psychoticism.ConclusionsOverall, it has been observed that the patients hospitalized in the neurology and plastic surgery services had more physiological signs compared to those receiving treatment in the other services.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

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