NSHD46 : Category 5203

Category 5203
Questionnaire data ⏵ Mental health ⏵ General health questionnaire (GHQ) - screening for psychiatric disorder

Description

The GHQ is a series of questions which act as a screening device for identifying minor psychiatric disorders in the general population. The version used by the NSHD is the GHQ-28: a 28 item scaled version – assesses somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression.

Field ID	Description
10700	Have you been recently been feeling perfectly well and in good health - at age 77 years
10701	Have you been recently been feeling in need of a good tonic - at age 77 years
10702	Have you been recently been feeling run down and out of sorts - at age 77 years
10703	Have you been recently felt that you are ill - at age 77 years
10704	Have you been recently been getting any pains in your head - at age 77 years
10705	Have you been recently been getting a feeling of tightness or pressure in your head - at age 77 years
10706	Have you been recently been having hot or cold spells - at age 77 years
10707	Have you been recently lost much sleep over worry - at age 77 years
10708	Have you been recently had difficulty staying asleep once you are off - at age 77 years
10709	Have you been recently been managing to keep yourself busy and occupied - at age 77 years
10710	Have you been recently been taking longer over the things you do - at age 77 years
10711	Have you been recently felt on the whole you were doing things well - at age 77 years
10712	Have you been recently been satisfied with the way you ve carried out your task - at age 77 years
10713	Have you been recently felt that you are playing a useful part in things - at age 77 years
10714	Have you been recently felt capable of making decisions about things - at age 77 years
10715	Have you been recently felt constantly under strain - at age 77 years
10716	Have you been recently been able to enjoy your normal day-to-day activities - at age 77 years
10717	Have you been recently been getting edgy and bad-tempered - at age 77 years
10718	Have you been recently been getting scared or panicky for no good reason - at age 77 years
10719	Have you been recently found everything getting on top of you - at age 77 years
10720	Have you been recently been thinking of yourself as a worthless person - at age 77 years
10721	Have you been recently felt that life is entirely hopeless - at age 77 years
10722	Have you been recently been feeling nervous and strung-up all the time - at age 77 years
10723	Have you been recently felt that life isn t worth living - at age 77 years
10724	Have you been recently thought of the possibility that you might make away with yourself - at age 77 years
10725	Have you been recently found at times you couldn t do anything because your nerves were too bad - at age 77 years
10726	Have you been recently found yourself wishing you were dead and away from it all - at age 77 years
10727	Have you been recently found that the idea of taking your life kept coming into your mind - at age 77 years
10728	Date at start of self completion module - at age 77 years
10729	Time at start of self completion module - at age 77 years
10730	Time (minutes since midnight) at start of self completion module - at age 77 years
10731	Would you be willing to complete the self completion questionnaire? - at age 77 years
10732	Reason why participant is unable/unwilling complete the self completion questionnaire - at age 77 years
10733	Whether the participant required any assistance completing the self completion? - at age 77 years
10734	Was a guidance leaflet given to participant (self completion) - at age 77 years
10735	Why was a leaflet NOT given to the participant (self completion) - at age 77 years
10736	Date at end of self completion module - at age 77 years
10737	Time at end of self completion module - at age 77 years
10738	Time (minutes since midnight) at end of self completion module - at age 77 years
10739	Total time of self completion module - minutes - at age 77 years

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