Table 2.

Description of GHQ coding and GHQ-12 descriptive statistics for Al Kharj Population

	Questionnaire Item	Item coding and Type	Median
GHQ-1	Have you recently been able to concentrate on whatever you’re doing?	Positive [0,1,2,3]*	1
GHQ-2	Have you recently felt that you were playing a useful part in things?	“	1
GHQ-3	Have you recently been feeling reasonably happy, all things considered?	“	1
GHQ-4	Have you recently felt capable of making decisions about things?	“	1
GHQ-5	Have you recently been able to enjoy your normal day-to-day activities?	“	1
GHQ-6	Have you recently been able to face up to problems?	“	1
GHQ-7	Have you recently felt constantly under strain?	Negative [0,1,2,3]*	2
GHQ-8	Have you recently felt you couldn’t overcome your difficulties?	“	1
GHQ-9	Have you recently lost much sleep over worry?	“	1
GHQ-10	Have you recently been feeling unhappy or depressed?	“	0
GHQ-11	Have you recently been losing confidence in yourself?	“	0
GHQ-12	Have you recently been thinking of yourself as a worthless person?	“	0

*Likert method coding as zero representing most healthy and 3 representing poor healthy/ illness