It measures mental health problems, quality of life, social functioning and wellbeing.
[1][2] Others include the Beck Depression Inventory, the CORE-OM, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), amongst others.
This includes people caught up in humanitarian crises and incorporates common mental health problems in a variety of countries, cultures and settings.
[1][5] A specific sequence of questions is included in the questionnaire which address the respondent's greatest and least worries.
[9] Subsequently, the answers and scores can be used to evaluate their perception of the change in their problems as a result of counselling or other talking therapy.
[citation needed] This work was inspired by the self-report inventory, MYMOP (Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile), another outcome measure first published in 1996 and mainly used for people who present with physical, emotional, or social symptoms.