Title: The Mental Health of Medical Workers Experiencing the Earthquake and Its Relation to Coping Styles
Abstract: Objective:To explore the relationship between mental health state and coping styles of the medical workers in wenchuan earthquake disaster after two anniversary.Method:A total of 175 medical workers(study gruoup) from Mianyang city who experence the eartthquake of Sichun and 144 medical workers(control group) from Hefei city of Anhui were surveyed using Symptom checklist 90(SCL-90) and Simplified coping style questionnaire(SCSQ).Result: Compared the control group,study group showed a significantly higher total score and the subscores in somatimization et al.No diference were fond on the scores of negative and positive coping style in SCSQ between the tow groups.Conclusion: analysis showed a positive correlation between the scores of negative coping style in SCSQ and the scores of SCL-90(P0.05~0.01),and also a positive correlation betwwen the score of positive coping style in SCSQ and the scores of SCL-90(P0.05~0.01)in study group.Conclusion: study group in earthquake disaster areas are lower than control group,and the kind of coping style has a further affect on the mental health state.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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