Comparative study on the mental health status of urban and rural mothers of children with cleft lip and palate
10.3969/j.issn.1001-3733.2016.01.024
- VernacularTitle:唇腭裂患儿母亲心理健康状况的城乡对比研究
- Author:
Xinyue ZHANG
;
Jieyu ZHOU
;
Tian MENG
;
Yuelin WU
;
Bing SHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cleft lip and palate;
SCL-90;
Rural-urban disparity;
Mothers
- From:
Journal of Practical Stomatology
2016;32(1):112-114
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To compare the mental health between the urban mothers and rural mothers of children with cleft lip and pal-ate.Methods:1 68 mothers(including 1 24 rural and 44 urban)of the children with cleft lip and palate were included in the trial group and 82 mothers of normal children were included in the control group.The subjects were tested by the self-assessment symptom lists of SCL-90 for the evaluation and comparison of mental health.Results:The scores of nine dimensions of trial group in somatization, forcing symptoms,depression,anxiety,etc were significantly higher than those of the control group(P <0.05).The scores of nine di-mensions of rural group in somatization,forcing symptoms,depression,anxiety,etc were higher than those of the urban group,the ri-val,psychotic and total scores showed significant differences(P <0.05);Conclusion:The mental health status of mothers of children with cleft lip and palate is poorer than that of those of normal children.That of the rural mothers is poorer than that of the urban ones. Special attention should be paid to the mental health status of the parents of children with cleft lip and palate.
