South China Journal of Preventive Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 333-337.doi: 10.12183/j.scjpm.2020.0333

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Trend analysis and influencing factors of mental health status of middle school students in Taishan

WU Ying-hua1, LIANG Qiao-ren2, TAN Jian-feng3, QU Ya-bin4   

  1. 1. Taishan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taishan 529200, China;
    2. Taishan Health Bureau;
    3. Guangdong Medical University;
    4. Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Received:2020-01-29 Online:2020-08-20 Published:2020-09-16

Abstract: Objective To understand current mental health status and explore changing trend and influencing factors of middle school students in Taishan City, so as to provide scientific basis of effective mental health education for middle school students. Methods Based on the “Mental Health Scale for Middle School Students” and “Health Risk Behavior Monitoring Questionnaire for Adolescents in Guangdong Province ”, multistage stratified cluster random sampling method was used to investigate the middle school students in Taishan City in 2016 and 2019 separately. Data were descriptively analyzed. Factors influencing health risk behaviors on mental health among middle school students in Taishan City were determined by multivariate logistic regression. Results A total of 1 901 middle school students in Taishan were surveyed in 2016 and 2019. In 2016, there were 979 students, including 556 boys and 423 girls. In 2019, there were 922 students, including 468 boys, and 454 girls. Their ages were 12-20 years, with an average age of 16 years. The incidence of mental health problems among the students in 2019 (39.15%) was higher than that in 2016 (31.87%). The incidence of mental health problems of girls (40.48%) was higher than that of boys (31.05%), that of senior high school students (45.30%) was higher than that of junior high school students (30.69%) and that of vocational middle school students (30.10%) (P<0.01 for all). The average scores of mental health of girl students, high school students, and vocational middle school students in 2019 were higher than those in 2016 (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Both in 2016 and 2019, students with behaviors of lack of exercise (OR=1.957, 2.333), self injury (OR=2.144, 2.289), suicidal ideation (OR=3.347, 3.270), internet addiction (OR=4.185, 10.592), unhealthy diet(OR=1.727)in 2016, gambling in 2019 (OR=2.034) had higher risk of mental health problems. Conclusion The incidence of mental health problems of middle school students in Taishan City showed an upward trend. Comprehensive interventions should be strengthened on health risk behaviors of the middle school students, to improve their mental health.

Key words: Middle school student, Mental health, Trend analysis, Influencing factor

CLC Number: 

  • R179