[Survey of coping style and mental health status of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the coping style and mental health of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.
Methods: The simplified coping style questionnaire and SCL-90 were used to conduct a survey of 106 patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, and the scores were compared with the national norms.
Results: The patients had a positive coping style score of 1.51-/+0.58 and negative coping style score of 1.13-/+0.58. The SCL-90 scores were significantly higher than the national norms. A significant correlation was found between the negative coping style and mental health of the patients.
Conclusion: Negative coping style is an important factor influencing the mental health of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.