Psychometric properties of Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire –GHQ-28– in informal primary caregivers of cancer patients

  • Oscar Galindo Vázquez Servicio de Psico-oncología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Abelardo Meneses García Dirección General, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México.
  • Ángel Herrera Gómez Dirección General Adjunta. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Méxcoco, México.
  • Paula Cabrera Galeana Departamento de Tumores Mamarios, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México.
  • Laura Suchil Bernal Departamento de Tumores Mamarios, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México.
  • Liliana Rivera-Fong Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México.
  • José Luis Aguilar Ponce Subdirección de Medicina Interna, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Méxcico.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/PSIC.55812
Keywords: Cancer, primary caregivers, patients, Mexican Population, General Health.

Abstract

Objective. To determine the psychometric properties of Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire –GHQ-28– in a sample of Mexican primary caregivers of cancer patients. Method: Two hundred and seventy six caregivers participated in this protocol, 205 of which were women (74.3%) and 71 were men (25.7%). Participants answered the GHQ-28 and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) concurrently. Results. The internal consistency of the overall scale showed a satisfactory index (α = 0.91). The Cronbach alphas of the subscale had a value of α = .86, α = .76, explaining the 53.42% of the variance. The correlation validity by BDI showed significant outcomes (Pearson r= 0.723 - 0.427, p <0.05). Conclusions. The relevance of the outcomes is that this is a population that can show damages in the overall health throughout the process of care for cancer patients.

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Galindo Vázquez O., Meneses García A., Herrera Gómez Á., Cabrera Galeana P., Suchil Bernal L., Rivera-Fong L. y Aguilar Ponce J. L. (2017). Psychometric properties of Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire –GHQ-28– in informal primary caregivers of cancer patients. Psicooncología, 14(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.5209/PSIC.55812
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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2017)
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