Correlation analysis between mental health status and coping style in relatives of critical patients

Objective To analyze the correlation of simple coping style and mental health status in relatives of critical patients.Methods 62 relatives of critical patients in Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical Universtiy for Nationali ties from January to March in 2013 were selected;simplified coping style questionnaire(SCSQ) and symptom check list90(SCL-90) were used to evaluate the indexes;correlation was analyzed between simple coping style and mental health status.Results ①Positive coping dimension scores in relatives of critical patients [(1.50±0.39) scores] were lower than those in national norm [(1.78±0.52) scores],negative coping dimension scores in relatives of critical patients [(1.83±0.39) scores] were higher than those in national norm [(1.59±0.60) scores],the differences were statistically significant(P 0.01).②Negative correlation were found among positive coping dimension and sensitive of interper sonal relationship,depressive mood,anxiety,hostility,terror,crankiness,total mental health score,positive correlation were found among positive coping dimension and sleep,diet;positive correlation were found among negative coping dimensions and somatization,obsessive-compulsive symptom,depressive mood,anxiety,terror,negative correlation were found among negative coping dimensions and sleep,diet,the differences were statistically significant(P 0.05);correlation were not found among positive coping dimension and somatization,obsessive-compulsive symptom,psy choticism,the differences were not statistically significant(P 0.05);correlation were not found among negative coping dimensions and hostility,crankiness,psychoticism,the differences were not statistically significant(P 0.05).Conclusion Coping style is the key factor of influencing the mental health status in relatives of critical patients.