General Health Questionnaire
The scaled GHQ
Please read this carefully:
We should like to know if you have had any medical complaints, and how your health has been
in general, over the past few weeks. Please answer all the questions on the following pa ges
simply by underlining the answer which you think most nearly applies to you. Remember that we
want to know about present and recent complaints, not those you had in the past.
It is important that you try to answer all the questions.
Thank you very much for your co-operation.
Have you recently?
A1 Been feeling perfectly well and in good Better Same as Worse than Much worse
health? than usual usual usual than usual
A2 Been feeling in need of a good tonic? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
A3 Been feeling run down and out of sorts? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
A4 Felt that you are ill? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
A5 Been getting any pains in you head? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
A6 Been getting a feeling of tightness or Not at all No more Rather more Much more
pressure in your head? than usual than usual than usual
A7 Been having hot or cold spells? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
B1 Lost much sleep over worry? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
B2 Had difficulty in staying asleep once you Not at all No more Rather more Much more
are off? than usual than usual than usual
B3 Felt constantly under strain? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
B4 Been getting edgy and bad tempered? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
B5 Been getting scared or panicky for no Not at all No more Rather more Much more
good reason? than usual than usual than usual
B6 Found everything getting on top of you? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
B7 Been feeling nervous and strung -up all Not at all No more Rather more Much more
the time? than usual than usual than usual
C1 Been managing to keep yourself busy and More so Same as Rather less More less
occupied? than usual usual than usual than usual
C2 Been taking longer over the things you Quicker Same as Longer than Much longer
do? than usual usual usual than usual
C3 Felt on the whole you were doing things Better About the Less well Much less well
well? than usual same than usual
C4 Been satisfied with the way you’ve More About same Less satis- Much less
carried out your task? satisfied as usual fied than satisfied
usual
C5 Felt that you are playing a useful part in More so Same as Less useful Much less
things? than usual usual than usual useful
C6 Found yourself wishing you were dead More so Same as Less so Much less
and away from it all? than usual usual than usual capable
C7 Been able to enjoy your normal day -to- More so Same as Less so Much less
day activities? than usual usual than usual capable
D1 Been thinking of yourself as a worthless Not at all No more Rather more Much more
person? than usual than usual than usual
D2 Felt that life is entirely hopeless? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
D3 Felt that life isn’t worth living? Not at all No more Rather more Much more
than usual than usual than usual
D4 Thought of the possibility that you might Definitely I don’t think Has crossed Definitely
make away with yourself? so my mind have
D5 Found at times you couldn’t do anything Not at all No more Rather more Much more
because your nerves were too bad? than usual than usual than usual
D6 Found yourself wishing you were dead Not at all No more Rather more Much more
and away from it all? than usual than usual than usual
D7 Found that the idea of taking your own Definitely I don’t think Has crossed Definitely has
life kept coming into your mind? not so my mind
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