Comparative study on living quality and mental health status in losing-single-child family couples
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2017.36.034
- VernacularTitle:失独家庭夫妇生活质量和心理卫生状况对照研究
- Author:
Cong XIE
1
;
Xiaoling NI
;
Haifen ZHANG
;
Sheng WU
;
Xiaoju LI
;
Xiaodong LIU
;
Xiaolin TAN
;
Zhen ZENG
Author Information
1. 重庆市沙坪坝区精神卫生中心院办 400038
- Keywords:
losing-single-child family;
quality of life;
90 symptom checklist;
self-rating depression scale;
Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness;
WHO Quality of Life Scale;
mental health status
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2017;46(36):5145-5148
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the living quality and mental health status in losing-single-child family couples .Methods A total of 841 losing-single-child family couples and 674 family couples with children alive conforming to the entering group condition were random sampled from the three districts of Chongqing main city .The on-site survey was performed by using the general condi-tion questionnaire ,90 Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) ,Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS ) ,Self- rating Depression Scale (SDS ) ,Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) ,Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) and WHO Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) Chinese version .Results There were no differences in gender ,age and culture between the losing-single-child family couples group and family couples with children alive group (P>0 .05);the SCL-90 total score and each factor score , SAS and SDS score in the losing-single-child family couples group were significantly higher than those in family couples with chil-dren alive group(P<0 .05) ,the SSRS score ,MUNSH score and WHOQOL-BREF Chinese version evaluation score were signifi-cantly lower than those in the family couples with children alive group(P<0 .05);the multivariate regression analysis showed that the four regression equations in the social relation field ,environment field ,depression factors and total happiness had statistical sig-nificance (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The living quality ,mental health status and subjective well-being in the losing-single-child family couples are significantly affected ,timely psychological crisis intervention and persistent psychological support and mental health ed-ucation should be give them to improve their psychological health status ,increase the living quality and subjective well-being .
