Investigation and Intervention on Mental Health Status of Midwives in Second-class and above Second-class Public Hospitals and Above in Huicheng District of Huizhou

Tang Shaoling; Zhu Daidi; Mao Xiaobi; et al

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-7256.2017.08.008

Abstract：Objective:To investigate the mental health status of midwives in second-class and above second-class public hospitals in Huicheng District of Huizhou and to understand the psychological stress sources of the midwife occupational groups.Methods:The mental health status of 336 midwives in four second-class and above second-class public hospitals in Huicheng District of Huizhou was investigated with the Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) and Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90).Compared with the national norm of women,the midwives' psychological pressure was analyzed,and the psychological intervention was carried out for the midwives psychological stress source.The SAS score,SDS score,SCL-90 score,stress response index,work happiness index and nursing satisfaction score were compared before and after the intervention.Results:Compared with the national norm of women,midwives' SAS score,SDS score,the scores of all SCL-90 factors were higher(P<0.05),and the main sources of psychological stress are the irrational allocation of human resources,the tension of human resources and the increasing number of severe ill pregnant women.After the psychological intervention,midwives' SAS score and SDS score,SCL-90 score,reaction pressure index were significantly decreased(P<0.05),while the work happiness index,nursing satisfaction score increased significantly(P<0.05).Conclusion:The mental health status of midwives in second-class and above second-class public hospitals in Huicheng District of Huizhou is generally low,the implementation of reasonable psychological intervention for the psychological pressure source,can effectively improve their mental health,to ease the psychological pressure,and improve work happiness.