Objective To investigate psychologically healthy condition of traumatic inpatients in orthopedics and analyze its in-fluence factors .Methods Cross-sectional study was conducted in Xi′an city .The mental health questionnaires for traumatic patients which include the Symptom Check List-90(SCL-90)and the related items were used .Results The results showed that 82 .7% of patients suffered from mild and moderate mental discomfort .The positive rate of mental problem was 14 .7% .The main mental rep-resentations of traumatic inpatients were depression ,hostility ,interpersonal relationship senstivity ,anxiety and somatization .The re-sults of single factor analysis showed that the bad mental health had the following characteristics :female ,low educational level ,little knowledge about disease ,bad interpersonal relationship ,introverted character ,cost ,dissatisfied with hospital ,severe disease and bad treatment .Logistic regression analysis revealed that the interpersonal relationship ,the degree of disease and gender were the main factors influencing patients′mental health .Conclusion The mental problem exists among traumatic inpatients in orthopedics .The degree of disease ,the interpersonal relationship and gender are the main factors affecting their mental health .