A prevalence survey on the mental health of left behind adolescent in Anhui province

OBJECTIVE: By exploring the mental health situation of the unattended adolescents in Anhui province. This study aimed at investigating the status of mental health and related influential factors to provide evidence for effective strategies and intervention in physical and mental health improvement of this population. METHODS: By using stratified cluster sampling method, we conducted an investigation on 3421 subjects, in which 682 were unattended adolescents, from 7 middle schools in both south and north parts of Anhui province. MHT was used to assess the general condition and status of mental health in the adolescents. RESULTS: In the population aged 10 to 18 in Anhui province, 19.94% of them were unattended adolescents and were found with poor mental health and more prone to loneliness, sensitive and stronger fear as compared with those with parents around, which showed statistical difference (P Language: zh