General Health Questionnaire-28 Goldberg (GHQ-28) Online Test + Interpretation
Introduction
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is a self-administered screening test used for detecting psychiatric disorders in community settings and non-psychiatric clinical settings (Goldberg & Williams, 1988). The questionnaire comprises a number of questions, each with a four-point Likert scale for responses.
The GHQ is very widely used by researchers in various fields (occupational health, medicine, psychology) and clinicians who wish to screen individuals for psychiatric disorders.
Tool Description
- self-report questionnaire
- used for the detection of psychiatric distress related to general medical illness. Respondents indicate if their current “state” differs from his or her usual state – thereby assessing change in characteristics and not lifelong personality characteristics.
- designed to assess 4 aspects of distress:
1) Depression
2) Anxiety
3) Social impairment
4) Hypochondriasis
ICF Domain:
Body Function – Subcategory: Mental Functions
Number of Items:
28
Brief Instructions for Administration & Scoring
Administration:
- self-administered questionnaire
- patients base their responses on their health state over the past two weeks.
- administration time is usually approximately 5 minutes.
Equipment: None.