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Shayan Z, Pourmovahed Z, Najafipour F, Abdoli A M, Mohebpour F, Najafipour S. Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) from infertile women attending the Yazd Research and Clinical Center for Infertility. IJRM 2015; 13 (12) :801-808
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Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) from infertile women attending the Yazd Research and Clinical Center for Infertility
Zahra Shayan1 , Zahra Pourmovahed2 , Fatemeh Najafipour3 , Ali Mohammad Abdoli4 , Fatemeh Mohebpour3 , Sedighe Najafipour * 5
1- Department of Community Medicine, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2- Social Determinates of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
4- Yazd Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
5- Department of Medical Education, Medical School, Tehran University Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Se_najafipour@yahoo.com
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Background: Nowadays, infertility problems have become a social concern, and are associated with multiple psychological and social problems. Also, it affects the interpersonal communication between the individual, familial, and social characteristics. Since women are exposed to stressors of physical, mental, social factors, and treatment of infertility, providing a psychometric screening tool is necessary for disorders of this group. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the factor structure of the general health questionnaire-28 to discover mental disorders in infertile women. Materials and Methods: In this study, 220 infertile women undergoing treatment of infertility were selected from the Yazd Research and Clinical Center for Infertility with convenience sampling in 2011. After completing the general health questionnaire by the project manager, validity and, reliability of the questionnaire were calculated by confirmatory factor structure and Cronbach's alpha, respectively. Results: Four factors, including anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, depression, and physical symptoms were extracted from the factor structure. 50.12% of the total variance was explained by four factors. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was obtained 0.90. Conclusion: Analysis of the factor structure and reliability of General Health Questionnaire-28  showed that it is suitable as a screening instrument for assessing general health of infertile women.
Keywords: Factor structure, General Health Questionnaire-28, Infertile women
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