The investigation of mental health status in patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Objective: To investigate the mental health status in patients with chronic hepatitis, and to guide the clinical works in treating the chronic hepatitis patients. Methods: A total of 108 chronic hepatitis patients were measured by Pittsburgh sleep quality index （PSQI） and symptom checklist-90 （SCL-90）, respectively.Results: Compared with Chinese Norm of SCL-90, chronic viral hepatitis patients had more psychiatric symptoms and higher scores of somatization（1.620.41）, obsessive-compulsive（1.860.49）, depression（1.760.49）, anxiety （1.740.48）, hostility（1.700.59）,phobic anxiety（1.39（0.32）） and psychoticism （1.410.33）. The mental health status in patients with chronic viral hepatitis got worse with the progress of the disease, and the patients had sleep disturbance. Conclusion: Not only bad sleep quality, but also bad mental health is in chronic viral hepatitis patients. The mental health nursing should be emphasized in clinical works.