ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the pressure of hospitalized patients and protrudent problem of mental stress.Methods Choosing 150 non-psychiatric patients in random for investigation using mental status scale in non-psychiatric patients.At last, data were analyzed to find out the stressors they were bear-ing in hospital.Results There existed mental pressures in hospitalized patients in some degree."to ex-pect to recover health early" was the highest score (7.21±3.17), and "to worry about their position de-creased after disease" got the lowest score, (2.56±2.15).The mental stress of hospitalized patients was cor-related with age, sex, education degree, income and marital status.Conclusions There existed mental pressures in hospitalized patients in some degree.Different mental stressor shows different psychological re-action, we should take different measures to improve the life and nursing quality of hospitalized patients.