Evaluating cutpoints for the MHI-5 and MCS using the GHQ-12: a comparison of five different methods

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) and the Mental Health Component Summary score (MCS) derived from the Short Form 36 (SF-36) instrument are well validated and reliable scales. A drawback of their construction is that neither has a...

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Main Authors: Fone David L, Lloyd Keith, Dunstan Frank D, Kelly Mark J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/8/10