Assessment of quality of life and mental health in teachers from different type schools

Zhao MY Office of Science Research,Jiaozuo Staff Medical College,Jiaozuo 454100,Henan Province,China  

AIM:To analyze the difference of quality of life as well as physical and mental health in teachers in different types,sexes and ages. METHODS:①Totally 630 investigators were extracted from different departments of universities,middle schools and primary schools of Henan Province from February 2005 to February 2006. They did not have severe body and mental diseases,and cooperated the scale evaluation voluntarily. ②Quality of life was evaluated with General Quality of Life Inventory (GQOLI) that were composed of 74 items,including four dimensions:physical health,psychological health,social functional status and living conditions. Each item was on 5-grade scales (1-5). The higher the score,the better the quality of life was. Mental heath was assessed with Symptom Checklist-90-Chinese revised (SCL-90) that contained somatization,obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,hostility,phobic anxiety,paranoid ideation and psychoticism. Five-grade scores (1-5),the higher score represented severe symptom. ③Mean comparison in groups was conducted with single factor variance analysis,and the pairwise comparison was performed with LSD method. RESULTS:Totally 630 questionnaires were sent out,and 570 integrated and precise questionnaires were retrieved. ①Comparison between teachers and national norms in SCL-90:The scores were higher in teachers than national norms except the paranoid ideation factor (t =2.180-4.719,P 0.05-0.01). ②Score of SCL-90 in teachers of different types:The scores of each factor were obviously lower in university teachers than middle school teachers (t =3.22-6.50,P 0.01). The scores of each factor were the highest in the middle school teachers. ③Comparison of SCL-90 in teachers of different sexes and ages:The scores of interpersonal sensitivity,hostility,paranoid ideation and psychoticism in males were markedly higher than those in females (t =2.40-6.28,P 0.05-0.01),while the scores of somatization,depression,anxiety and phobic anxiety were remarkably lower than those in females (t =2.358-5.50,P 0.05-0.01). The scores in teachers aged from 40-55 years were distinctly higher than those in teachers aged from 25-40 years (t =6.38-8.74,P 0.01). ④Comparison of each dimension of GQOLI in teachers of different types:The total score of physical health,psychological health,social functional status and living conditions in university teachers was dramatically higher than that of teachers from middle school and primary school (u =2.29-4.69,P 0.05-0.01). The score of each dimension in middle school teachers was the lowest among the 3 types of teachers. CONCLUSION:①In various teachers,the mental health and quality of life in university teachers are the highest,while it is the lowest in middle school teachers. ②There are sex and age difference in health state in teachers.

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【Fund】： 河南省社科联2005年重点调研课题(SKL-2005-645)~~
【CateGory Index】： G443
【DOI】： CNKI:ISSN:1673-8225.0.2007-17-020

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