Analysis of Mental Health and Correlative Factors of Elderly Patients with Reflux Esophagitis
- VernacularTitle:老年反流性食管炎患者心理健康状况评估和影响因素分析
- Author:
Jun LI
;
Yu-xin ZHU
;
Chao-ying PENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
reflux esophagitis, Symptom Check List-90, elderly
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2006;12(8):723-724
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo analyze the mental health level and the correlative factors of elderly reflux esophaditis patients.Methods86 elderly reflux esophagitis patients were tested with Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90) and the Correlative Factor Inquiry List.ResultsThe total SCL-90 scores of the patients was 137.5±27, the number of symptomatic items was 29.9±17, which was significantly higher than that of domestic norm ( P<0.01). Besides of psychopathic and phobic, other factor scores of SCL-90 were also significantly higher than that of domestic norm ( P<0.05～0.01). The somatization, depression and anxiety were first three factors according to significant level. The constitution of patients showed the normal distribution at the level of total SCL-90 score.ConclusionMental health level of elderly reflux esophaditis patients is lower than that of normal people. The two primary reasons are long-term trend and stress of disease.
