Abstract:

Objective To describe the general mental health status and its distribution characteristics among the adults in Jilin province,and to investigate th
e influencing factors of mental health.Methods In July to August of 2012,the adults  in  Jilin province were surveyed with 12-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) by the method of multi-stage and stratified random cluster sampling;the influencing factors of mental health status were analyzed by Logistic regression analysis. Results After being weighted,the average score of GHQ-12 was 2.27±2.11 and the  positive rate of GHQ-12 was 23.8% among the adults in Jilin province. The GHQ-12 positive rate of the female was higher than that of the male (27.9%  vs  20.0 %,P<0.001). The adults
 in rural area had a higher GHQ-12 positive rate compared with the  adults in urban areas (25.9% vs 22.2%,P<0.001).The Logistic regression analysis results showed that the risk factors of mental health were  female,marriage situation as unmarried,divorced and widowed,occupation as farmers,students and unemployment,the average daily sleep time less than 7 h,and having chronic diseases within one year;and the age over 35 years old,education as junior middle school,undergraduate and above,average income per family over 500 yuan monthly,regular dietary,and physical exercises were the protective factors of mental health.Conclusion The GHQ-12 positive rate of general mental health among the adults in Jilin province is higher than those in most of the rovinces in China.Besides,the mental health status of populations of female,farmers,students,unoccupied people,lower education,unmarried or poor marriage eople,lower income,and bad conditions in the dietary,sleep and body should be paid more attention　to.

Key words: mental health, general health questionnaire, influencing factor, prevalence survey