Analysis of mental health status and influencing factors of primary school students in grades 4 to 6 in Qujing City
Objective To investigate the mental health status of primary school students in grades 4 to 6 in Qujing City aiming to provide theoretical evidence for the implementation of mental health education for senior primary school stu-dents.Methods Total 1 251 primary school students in grades 4 to 6 of 9 schools in 6 districts and counties of Qujing City were surveyed by using the Mental Health Diagnostic Test(MHT)and the Child Depression Inventory(CDI)from October to December 2022.Results The detection rate of serious mental health problems among primary school students in Qujing City was 7.7%,and the detection rate of learning anxiety was the highest,accounting for 55.6%.There were statistically sig-nificant differences in mental health among different age groups(F=7.722,P<0.00 1).There was a statistically significant dif-ference in mental health among grades(F=25.001,P<0.001),and the higher the grade,the worse the mental health status[(33.91±17.16)in the fourth grade,(39.63±17.6)in the fifth grade,and(42.33±18.48)in the sixth grade].There was a statisti-cally significant difference in mental health status among students(F=9.197,P<0.05),and the mental health status of urban students was worse than that of rural students[urban students(19.30±0.98)points,rural students(17.45±0.60)points].There were statistically significant differences in mental health status between paternal education and maternal education(F=5.257,F=6.274,P<0.001).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors of primary school students'mental health were gender(P<0.01,95%CI:0.921-4.152),grade(P<0.05,95%CI:0.445-3.709),place of origin(P<0.001,95%CI:1.774-6.122),CDI total score(P<0.05,95%CI:1.493-1.716).Conclusion The overall mental health status of students in grades 4 to 6 in Qujing City is relatively good,and gender,grade,student origin,and CDI total score are the factors affecting the mental health of pri-mary school students in the area.