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Discriminant validi...
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Lundin, AndreasKarolinska Institutet
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Discriminant validity of the 12-item version of the general health questionnaire in a Swedish case-control study
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2016-10-31
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Informa UK Limited,2017
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:rkh-2515
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-2515URI
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https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2016.1246608DOI
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http://kipublications.ki.se/Default.aspx?queryparsed=id:135682885URI
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BACKGROUND: The 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is widely used as a proxy for Affective Disorders in public health surveys, although the cut-off points for distress vary considerably between studies. The agreement between the GHQ-12 score and having a clinical disorder in the study population is usually unknown.AIMS: This study aimed to assess the criterion validity and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the GHQ-12 in the Swedish population.METHODS: This study used 556 patient cases surveyed in specialized psychiatric care outpatient age- and sex-matched with 556 controls from the Stockholm Health Survey. Criterion validity for two scoring methods of GHQ-12 was tested using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analyses with Area Under the Curve (AUC) as a measure of agreement. Reference standard was (1) specialized psychiatric care and (2) current depression, anxiety or adjustment disorder.RESULTS: Both the Likert and Standard GHQ-12 scoring method discriminated excellently between individuals using specialized psychiatric services and healthy controls (Likert index AUC = 0.86, GHQ index AUC = 0.83), and between individuals with current disorder from healthy controls (Likert index AUC = 0.90, GHQ index AUC = 0.88). The best cut-off point for the GHQ index was ≥4 (sensitivity = 81.7 and specificity = 85.4), and for the Likert index ≥14 (sensitivity = 85.5 and specificity = 83.2).CONCLUSIONS: The GHQ-12 has excellent discriminant validity and is well suited as a non-specific measure of affective disorders in public mental health surveys.
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Åhs, JillKarolinska Institutet(Swepub:rkh)ahsj
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Åsbring, NinaStockholm County Council
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Kosidou, KyriakiKarolinska Institutet
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Dal, HenrikKarolinska Institutet
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Tinghög, PetterRöda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Karolinska Institutet(Swepub:rkh)tinp
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Saboonchi, FredrikRöda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Karolinska Institutet(Swepub:rkh)sabf
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Dalman, ChristinaKarolinska Institutet
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Karolinska InstitutetStockholm County Council
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Ingår i:Nordic Journal of Psychiatry: Informa UK Limited71:3, s. 171-1790803-94881502-4725
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