The factor structure of the general health questionnaire (GHQ12) in Saudi Arabia.

Ashraf El-MetwallySundas JavedHira Abdul RazzakKhaled K AldossariAbdurrahman AldiabSameer H Al-GhamdiMowafa HousehMamdouh M ShubairJamaan M Al-Zahrani

Published in: BMC health services research (2018)

Investigation of the factor structure of GHQ-12 demonstrated that GHQ-12 is a good measure for evaluating the general health of Saudi population. Future studies based on a larger sample size of non-clinical respondents will be useful to evaluate the practical effectiveness of GHQ-12 factors.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
mental health
randomized controlled trial
health information
systematic review
cross sectional
human health
risk assessment
case control