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This questionnaire includes items that refer to “the last month”. In terms of assessing stress levels specific to chronic wounds at dressing changes, this measure is more This questionnaire is not a measure of psychological stress; however it can be used to ac
Weaknesses general. behaviours.
Strengths The PSS is more successful in predicting a variety of health and health care outcomes than measures of life events which focus on the number rather than the appraisal of the events. The GHQ- 28 version assesses anxiety, insomnia and severe
Designed to measure the degree to which situations in a person’s life are perceived as stressful. Higher scores indicate more perceived Designed to detect non- psychotic psychiatric disorder in people in community and medical settings. Higher scores ind
Purpose stress.
Table 3.3 (continued) Measure The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), (Cohen and 1983 ) Hoberman The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 1978 ) (Goldberg et al.
