Objective To evaluate mental health status of the rural disabled population, so as to provide reference for future mental health service to help them.
Methods A total of 260 disabled people (except those with psychic disability or intellectual disability) were cluster sampled from 4 villages and completed a Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90).
Results Of the study subjects, the average scores of 9 SCL-90 items were 1.73-2.19. The detection rate of item scores greater than 2 ranged from 38.6% to 56.6%. The top five items were obsessive symptoms, depression, psychotic symptoms, somatization, and human relations, with high detection rates of 56.6%-51.4%. The scores of human relations, depression, anxiety and phobia were significantly higher in the female disabled people than in the male ones.
Conclusion Psychological problems are prevailing among the rural disabled people, which call for much more attention to the improvement of their mental health, quality of life, and communication ability.
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