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Glasgow Health Status Questionnaires (GHSQ)

[ Glasgow Health Status Questionnaires
(Glasgow Benefit Inventory and Glasgow Health Status Inventory)

GHSQ (GBI and GHSI) ]

	Author(s)
Browning George G Gatehouse Stuart Robinson K

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

GBI: To measure the change in health status produced by surgical interventions (change questionnaire)

GHSI: To measure the effect of a health problem on the quality of life of a person and allows cross-comparison among many health conditions, among different health intervention, and among demographic and cultural subgroups (state questionnaire)

(Originally developed for otorhinolaryngologic conditions)

Population:

Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

Mode of administration:

Self-administered
Interviewer-administered

Number of items:

GBI and GHSI: 18

Existence of database:

Time recall:

GBI: "since your operation/intervention"; GHSI: at the time the questionnaire is completed

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the UK

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

Danish	French	Italian	Swedish
Dutch	German	Spanish

Last update: November 2007
Last update in collaboration with the author: May 2003