Mental health status and its influence factors among middle and elder age women in China

Objective To know the mental health status and its influence factors among middle and elder age women in Weihai city.Methods The subjects were randomly chosen with cluster-stratified sampling method and surveyed with self-made questionnaire and Kessler 10 rating scale.SPSS 13.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results Totally 3 194 ind ividuals aged 45-65 were studied.The mean score of Kessler 10 was 13.76±5.93 for all the individuals.Totally 2 380 women(74.5%)had a Kessler 10 score of 10-15;457(14.3%)had a Kessler 10 score of 16-21;246(7.7%) had a Kessler 10 score of 22-29;111(3.5%)had a Kessler 10 score of 30-50.A bout 11.2% of them were likely to have mental disorder.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the widowed,wtih the disease in previous two weeks,having chronic disease with in a half of the year,self-reported life monotony,self-perceived high pressure,and insomnia were risk factors of a higher Kessler 10 score.Conclusion More attention should be paid to mental health status of middle and elder age women.Marriage status,physical condition and self-reported mental health status are relevant factors to mental health of the middle and elder age women.