Examining the Status of and Factors Influencing Medical Students' Mental Health
10.12007/j.issn.0258-4646.2017.04.012
- VernacularTitle:医学生心理健康水平现状及其影响因素的调查分析
- Author:
Yun ZHANG
;
Hongjuan LIU
- Keywords:
medical student;
mental health;
effecting factor
- From:
Journal of China Medical University
2017;46(4):335-338
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To examine the status of and factors influencing medical students' mental health.Methods The China undergraduates' mental health scale and an information questionnaire developed by the authors were administered on 1 205 students selected from Grade 1-3 in chnical medicine,anesthesia,and medical diagnostic programs using cluster sampling.Results The level of medical students' somatization,a~nxiety,depression,social withdrawal,irritabihty,and obsession was higher as compared to the norms for general undergraduates in China.Female medical students showed higher scores than males on 4 aspects:somatization,anxiety,depression,and obsession.Additionally,those belonging to minority nationalities showed higher scores on social withdrawal,irritability,and impulse as compared to those with the Han nationality.Further,students with low professional identity had higher scores on somatization,anxiety,depression,inferiority,irritability,and social withdrawal as compared to those with high professional identity.Conclusion Medical students' mental health is not optimal;therefore,it needs to be addressed by educational departments and educational works.Thus,mental health education,professional counseling,and appropriate interventions need to be conducted for medical students.
