Mental status of money boy in Shandong province

Objective To understand the mental status of money boy(MB) for conducting health education and behavior intervention among them.Methods With the help of homosexuality volunteers,a cross-sectional anonymous questionnaires survey was conducted among MB.Results The average age of MB was 23.1±4.9 years.92.4% of 116 MB remained single,and most of them were students,workers for commercial service or job-waiting with well educated background.The prevalence of anxiety was 46.6%,and their scores of self-rating anxiety sale were higher than that of normal,except for foreboding of misfortune,acathisia and hyperidrosis.The prevalence of depression was 68.1%,and their of self rating depression scale scores were higher than that of normal,except for humoursome,hyposexuality and hard to make a decision.Conclusion MB was young with active sexbehavior and migration.The mental status of MB was worse than that of normal,and health education and behavior intervention should be conducted with the consideration of their psy chosocial characteristics.