Investigation and analysis on the mental health status and correlative factors of patients with chronic lumber disc herniation
AIM: To study the mental health status and correlative factors of patients with chronic lumber disc herniation. METHODS: By carrying out observation on 234 cases clinically-diagnosed chronic lumber disc herniation patients through Symptom checklist 90(SCL-90) and Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ), making correlation analyses. RESULTS: The factor scores of somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety, etc of SCL-90 and the morale dimension of EPQ is significantly higher than that of control group(P < 0.05, P < 0.01). E scale of EPQ is below control group (P < 0.01). Somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal relationship, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobia, paranoid, psychosis correlated positively with N scale of EPQ(P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Patients with chronic lumber disc herniation have a rather low standard of mental health. Therefore, it is necessary to give mental intervention with a clear aim in the course of treatment.