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- Title
Reliability and validity of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) among urological patients: A Malaysian study.
- Authors
Quek, Kia Fatt; Low, Wah Yun; Razack, Azad Hassan; Loh, Chit Sin
- Abstract
Abstract This present study was undertaken to validate the English version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in urological patients. Validity and reliability were studied in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and patients without LUTS. Reliability was evaluated using the test–retest method and internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Sensitivity to change was expressed as the effect size in the pre-intervention versus post-intervention score in additional patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Internal consistency was excellent. A high degree of internal consistency was observed for each of the 12 items with Cronbach's alpha value of 0.37–0.79, while total scores was 0.79 in the population study. Test–retest correlation coefficient for the 12 items score were highly significant. Intraclass correlation coefficient was high (0.35–0.79). It showed a high degree of sensitivity and specificity to the effects of treatment. A high degree of significant level between baseline and post-treatment scores were observed across all 12 items in the treatment cohort but not in the control group. The GHQ-12 is suitable, reliable, valid and sensitive to clinical change in urological disorders.
- Subjects
QUESTIONNAIRES; GENITOURINARY diseases
- Publication
Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 2001, Vol 55, Issue 5, p509
- ISSN
1323-1316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00897.x