Objective To study the psychological health state of parents of children patients with hand foot mouth disease and provide scientific basement for clinical nursing care. Methods Zung self- rating anxi-ety scale (SAS) and self-designed investigation scale were used to survey 98 parents of children patients with hand foot mouth disease,and selective nursing intervention was adopted. Results The anxiety scores of the parents were significantly higher than those of the normal mode, and their psychological symptom was influ-eneed by various factors. After the nursing intervention, the anxiety degree was significant different from that of before intervention. Conclusions Psychological health levels of the parents of children with hand foot mouth disease were markedly lower than those of healthy individuals. Psychological nursing care should not only in-clude children but also their parents in order to alleviate their bad mental state.