1. Study on the mental health status and its influencing factors among middle school students in Yi nationality areas: a case study of Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province
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Wu Zhihong, Wang Jiayi, Bai Hexiang, Qin Yixian, Feng Xiaoyu, Gao Xing, Di Baofeng, Tan Chunping, Tang Aoyi, Gao Panpan, Duan Bili, Liu Jiahe, and Shi Wei
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yi nationality ,middle school students ,mental health ,influencing factors ,Psychology ,BF1-990 ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the mental health status and its influencing factors among middle school students in Xide County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and to provide references for mental health interventions for local middle school students.MethodsUsing a cross-sectional study design, one junior middle school and one senior middle school in Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, were randomly selected on September 16, 2021, and two classes per grade in each school involving 288 students were recruited. Subjects were assessed using Patients' Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-9 item (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 item (GAD-7), PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-3). Then the scores of above scales were compared among middle school students with different demographic characteristics, and binary Logistic regression analysis was conducted to screen the influencing factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.ResultsAmong the respondents, 17.71% (95% CI: 0.133~0.221), 8.68% (95% CI: 0.054~0.120), 2.78% (95% CI: 0.009~0.047) and 45.83% (95% CI: 0.400~0.516) were reported to have symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD and loneliness, respectively. Students in senior middle school scored lower on PCL-5 and ULS-3 than those in junior middle school [(6.46±8.91) vs. (8.87±9.42), t=2.202, P
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- 2023
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