Relationship study between pressure source and mental healthy of freshmen in medical college

Objective To explore the relationship between pressure source and mental healthy of freshmen in medical college. Methods 1324 freshmen in medical college were assessed with Beck-Srivastava stress inventory (BSSI) and checklist 90 (SCL-90) to detect the pressure source and mental health state. Relative analysis and regression analysis was used to statistic differences. Results The BSSI total score was from 49 to 119,mean score was (77.68 ± 12.47 )of freshmen in medical college. It was obviously higher than critical pressure.The 6 factors score of SCL-90 in somatization, compulsion, interpersonal relationship, depression, anxiety and hostility were significantly higher than Chinese domestic norms, the difference has a statistical significant (P ＜0. 01 ). The 7 factors score of somatization, compulsion, interpersonal relationship, depression, anxiety, hostility and fear in male freshmen were higher than those in female freshmen, the difference has a statistical significant (P＜ 0. 05 or P＜ 0.01 ). Relative analysis and regression analysis results showed that 5 factors of BSSI entered the regression equaltion. Conclusion The mental health problems of freshman in medical college were relatively serious, and the college should be pay special attention to the problem and intervene early. Key words: Pressure source; Pressure level; Medical college; Freshman; Mental health