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    General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)

    [ Distributed by Mapi Research Trust ]

    Author(s)
    Goldberg David
    Purpose
      Pathology:
    Psychiatry/psychology

      Disease:
    Generic for psychiatry/psychology

      Objective:
    Screening instrument to detect psychiatric disorders in community settings and non-psychiatric clinical settings, such as primary care or general practice

      Population for intended use:
    Adult
    Characteristics
      Type of instrument:
    Signs and symptoms

      Administration mode:
    Self-administered

      Number of items:
    GHQ-12: 12, GHQ-28:28, GHQ-30: 30, GHQ-60: 60

      Existence of database:
    No

      Recall/Observation period:
    Over the past few weeks
     
    Language(s)
      Original language:
    English for the UK

      List of existing translations:
    The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

    This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors

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    GHQ-12:
    Arabic
    German for Austria*
    Nepalese
    Tagalog
    Bahasa for Indonesia
    German for Switzerland*
    Portuguese
    Thai
    Cantonese
    Greek
    Punjabi
    Turkish
    Dutch for Belgium*
    Gujarati
    Russian
    Urdu
    Finnish*
    Hindi
    Serbo-Croatian
    Welsh
    French
    Hungarian
    Sorani
     
    French for Belgium*
    Italian
    Swedish
     
    German
    Mandarin
    Swedish for Finland*
     

    GHQ-28:
    Albanian
    German
    Nepalese
    Sorani
    Arabic
    Greek
    Punjabi
    Turkish
    Cantonese
    Gujarati
    Russian
    Urdu
    French
    Mandarin
    Serbian
     

    GHQ-30:
    Arabic
    French
    Punjabi
    Urdu
    Bengali
     
     
     


    GHQ-60:
    Cantonese, Mandarin


    * translations performed by the MAPI Institute


    Note: The author has selected MAPI Institute as exclusive linguistic validation company to ensure the production of harmonized and consistent language versions.
    For additional information on available translations of this instrument, or for a project involving new languages, please contact our Information Unit at contact@mapi-trust.org
     


    Last update: November 2011
    Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2008


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