[Mental status of surgical medical staff who treated or did not treat the victims in Wenchuan earthquake].

OBJECTIVE: To compare and analyze the mental status of medical staff between Orthopedics Department who treated the victims in the earthquake and other surgical departments who did not treat the victims in the earthquake, and to provide evidence for psychological prevention and intervention in the earthquake aids.

METHODS: Cross-sectional study was used to choose staff in the Orthopedics Department who treated the victims and other surgical departments who did not treat victims in the earthquake as eligible subject with convenient sampling. The research tool is Symptom Checklist-90. The questionnaire was done by participants with the same psychological instruction. Data were analyzed by SPSS16.0.

RESULTS: The scores in somatization, depression,anxiety and opposition, phobic anxiety in the orthopedic staff were significantly higher than those of the other surgical staff (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: There is disorder in mental health of medical staff in Orthopedics Department and mental intervention is needed.