Validity of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) in detecting psychiatric disturbance in amputees with phantom pain.
The 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was validated against the PSE-derived Index of Definition in a sample of amputees with long-standing phantom and stump pain attending a Limb Fitting Centre. This form of the GHQ is a sensitive identifier of overt psychiatric disorder in this setting.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires