Cognition of mental health and its influencing factors among residents in Yinzhou District

VernacularTitle:鄞州区居民心理健康知识知晓情况及影响因素分析
Author: Qi CHEN ¹ ; Jin-Ping WU ; Meng-Lei ZHENG ; Ya-Jun CHEN ; Yin-Er XU ; Yue-Yun SANG
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1. 鄞州区疾病预防控制中心
Keywords: Mental health; Awareness rate; Influencing factor
From: Journal of Preventive Medicine 2018;30(4):374-376,381
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To learn the awareness and influencing factors of mental health knowledge in Yinzhou District. Methods The multi-stage cluster sampling was used to investigate 1239 residents by using the questionnaire of the residents' mental health awareness. Results The total awareness rate was 61.3％, and the awareness rate that was relatively low was mainly concentrated on "World Suicide Prevention Day" (29.9％),"mental illness was a problem in mind" (32.1％),"mental illness was due to the stimulation" (44.0％) . Multiple linear regression analysis found that the residents who were older (β=0.039, P<0.05), lived in city (β=2.073, P<0.05), worked as administrators, technicians, and waiters compared with self-employed, retired and unemployed (β: -2.350 - -1.591, P <0.05) scored higher. Conclusion The residents' awareness of mental health knowledge is low. The urban residents, self-employed, workers, farmers, are the key populations to be educated with mental health system.