Survey of coping style and mental health status of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.

Author: Fang YU ¹ ; Jun NIE
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1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Female; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; psychology; Low Back Pain; etiology; psychology; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life; Stress, Physiological; Surveys and Questionnaires
From: Journal of Southern Medical University 2008;28(6):1083-1084
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation between the coping style and mental health of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.
METHODSThe simplified coping style questionnaire and SCL-90 were used to conduct a survey of 106 patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, and the scores were compared with the national norms.
RESULTSThe patients had a positive coping style score of 1.51-/+0.58 and negative coping style score of 1.13-/+0.58. The SCL-90 scores were significantly higher than the national norms. A significant correlation was found between the negative coping style and mental health of the patients.
CONCLUSIONNegative coping style is an important factor influencing the mental health of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.