A survey of mental behavioral problems of Preschool children in Hefei

Objective To examine the general situation of the mental health problems of preschool children in Hefei,and to provide reference for taking preventional measures in early stage.Methods A survey of 2 407 preschoolers in 8 kindergartens in rural and urban areas of hefei was investigated by the method of stratified cluster random sampling.The Conners Parents Symptom Questionnaire(PSQ) was used to collect information about the mental health status of preschool children.Results Totally 19.40%(467/2 407) children were detected to have psychological behavior problems,and the highest rate was the learning problem (10.51%),followed by the rate of psychosomatic problem(9.31%),detection rate of being ill-behaved(3.49%) and rate of ADHD (2.83%).The incidence of child psychological behavioral problems in rural areas was higher than that in urban areas(x2 =44.35,P<0.01),and the incidence of boys was significantly higher than that of girls(x2 =155.18,P<0.01).Conclusion The detection rate of psychological behavior of preschool children in Hefei was similar to that in other parts of China.We must pay more attention to the mental health problems of preschool children.