title: [Survey of coping style and mental health status of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation].
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Negative coping style is an important factor influencing the mental health of patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000523:psychology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires