The 12-Item General Health Questionnaire as an Effective Mental Health Screening Tool for General Korean Adult Population

• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: YoungJu Kim MaengJe Cho Subin Park JinPyo Hong JeeHoon Sohn JaeNam Bae HongJin Jeon SungMan Chang Ha
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제10권 제4호, 352~358쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.12.31

영문 초록

Objective-The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) has been used extensively in various settings across different cultures. This study was conducted to determine the thresholds associated with optimum sensitivity and specificity for the GHQ-12 in Korean adults. Methods-Data was acquired from a sample of 6,510 Korean adults, ages 18 to 64 years old, who were selected from the 2005 Census (2,581 men and 3,929 women). Participants completed the GHQ-12 and the Korean Composite International Diagnostic Interview (KCIDI). Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was conducted. Results-The mean GHQ-12 score for the total sample was 1.63 (SD 1.98). The internal consistency of the GHQ-12 was good (Cronbach’sα=0.72). Results from the ROC curve indicated that the GHQ-12 yielded greater accuracy when identifying mood and anxiety disorders than when identifying all mental disorders as a whole. The optimal threshold of the GHQ-12 was either 1/2 or 2/3 point depending on the disorder, but was mainly 2/3. Conclusion-The Korean version of the GHQ-12 could be used to screen for individuals at high risk of mental disorders, namely mood and anxiety disorders.

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GHQ-12 Psychiatric diagnoses Sensitivity Specificity Optimal threshold