Relationship between mental health service demand, loneliness, anxiety and depression of rural left-behind women

Abstract

Objective To explore the correlation between psychological health service demand and loneliness and anxiety depression in rural left-behind women. Methods 260 left-behind women in Hebei province were surveyed by psychological health service demand scale, UCLA loneliness scale, trait anxiety scale and the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale(CES-D). Results There were statistically significant differences between the only child and non-only child left-behind women in mental health service demand ((131.72±13.91) vs (122.94±14.76)), loneliness ((52.94±5.65) vs (49.86±5.90)) and anxiety ((50.97±6.38) vs (47.16±4.80))(t=3.313, 2.899, 4.151, P<0.01). The mental health service demand, loneliness, anxiety and depression of left-behind women were different in the age of marriage (F=6.196, 9.441, 5.257, 4.221, all P<0.01), husband go out time (F=2.761, 27.020, 4.550, 2.830, all P<0.05) and degree of farm work (F=12.142, 6.403, 4.115, 5.366, all P<0.001). The anxiety of left-behind women was positively correlated with service content, service demand and depression (r=0.138-0.221, P<0.01). Depression was negatively correlated with mental health service demand and service teams (r=-0.352- -0.223, P<0.01). Loneliness was positively correlated with service content, anxiety and depression (r=0.177-0.262, P<0.01). Multiple linear regression showed that husbands go out time (β=0.326), farm work in very heavy degree (β=-0.376) and relatively heavy degree (β=-0.281), depression (β=-0.194) had a predictive effect on mental health services. Conclusion The mental health service demand of left-behind women are affected by their age, whether the only child, the age of marriage, their husbands' go out time and the degree of heavy farm work. Key words: Rural remaining wives; Mental health service needs; Loneliness; Anxiety; Depression