Evaluasi Psikometris General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 Pada Subjek Mahasiswa di Semarang, Jawa Tengah

Abstract

the age range of adolescents through young adults are considered susceptive to various mental health problems. It is also reported in news and research reports that college students which are falls in that age rage category, have high probability of experiencing mental health problems. One of the most important obstacles in mental health system in Indonesia is the lack of mental health screening tool. There already some screening tools existed but there is not adequate information related to their psychometric evaluation such validity and reliability. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric property of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 which has been adapted to Indonesian language previously, to see whether it has satisfying reliability and validity, also factor analysis. The subjects of this research are 356 undergradute stduents from various university in Semarang City, Central Java. The result showed that GHQ 28 has Alpha Cronbach reliability coefficient 0,897 which considered as satisfying. Factor analysis result also showed that it has four factor solutions which confirm the origninal four factors which construct GHQ 28. In general, GHQ 28 Indonesian version has adequate psychometric properties.Abstrak: usia remaja hingga dewasa dianggap sebagai masa yang rentan terhadap masalah kesehatan mental. Dilaporkan dalam berbagai berita maupun penelitian mahasiswa juga merupakan segmen memiliki kemungkinan tinggi mengalami masalah kesehatan mental. Salah satu hambatan utama dalam penanganan kesehatan mental di Indonesia adalah kurangnya alat skrining kesehatan mental yang adekuat. Telah terdapat beberapa alat skrining tetapi tidak disertai dengan informasi tentang evaluasi psikometris yang memadai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi properti psikometris alat skrining General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 yang sebelumnya telah diadaptasi ke dalam bahasa Indonesia untuk melihat apakah alat ini memiliki reliabilitas dan validitas yang memadai sebagai alat skrining dan memiliki faktor struktur yang sesuai dengan acuan teoretisnya. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 356 mahasiswa S1 dari berbagai universitas di Kota Semarang. Hasilnya, didapatkan koefisien reliabiliatas Alpha Cronbach 0,897 yang dianggap memuaskan. Hasil analisis faktor menunjukkan terdapat empat faktor sesuai dengan faktor asli penyusun GHQ 28. Secara umum, GHQ 28 versi terjemahan bahasa Indonesia memiliki properti psikometris yang cukup baik.Kata kunci: evaluasi psikometris, General Health Questionnaire, kesehatan mental, mahasiswa WACANA

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“…Correlation coefficient of total score to each subscale ranges from 0.693 to 0.836, showing moderate to a high positive correlation. 13 Specificity and sensitivity study in Indonesia was conducted on shorter version of GHQ-28 named GHQ-12. Conducted in six public health centers in Central Java, cutoff of ≥11 in Likert's scale gave sensitivity of 81% and specificity of 62% and had satisfactory reliability with Cronbach's alpha of 0.863.…”

“…7 Focused in the dimension of depression and anxiety, HADS is a seven items questionnaire with four-point scale from 0 ("definitely") to 3 ("not at all"). Score cutoff for this instrument was divided into three categories; mild (score 8-10), moderate (11)(12)(13)(14), and severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). 34 This questionnaire is widely used and has been adopted to various language such as Swedish, Chinese, French, Dutch, Portugenese, and Arabic.…”