title: Influencing factors of mental health of medical students in China.
abstract: This study investigated the mental health status of medical students in China, and analyzed the influencing factors in order to provide evidence for mental health education for medical students. A stratified cluster sampling method was used to recruit medical students from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. The questionnaire survey on general information and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) were used for investigation and analysis. The results showed among the 1137 valid questionnaires, 278 (24.45%) participants had SCL-90 score ≥ 160. The top three mental problems of medical students were obsessive-compulsive disorder, interpersonal sensitivity and depression in terms of the factor score ≥ 2.5 and the number of participants who reflected on the diseases. The third-year medical students had the worst mental health status, and fifth-year medical students had the best mental health status. Students from rural area had more psychological problems than those from urban area; furthermore, students with high professional satisfaction, those who were the single child of the family, non-poor students, and those whose parents had high education level had better mental health status. It was concluded that the mental health of medical students is not optimistic in China. Medical students have some mental health problems of different degrees. Factors that influence the mental health of medical students include academic pressure, professional satisfaction level and family environment.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.|Office of the Student Administration of the Second Clinical College, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Stomatological Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Hao
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, 430030, China.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.|Health and Family Planning Commission of Qinghai Province, Xining, 810000, China.
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. zcfeng@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhan-Chun
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult