OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mental health level of the post-linguistic deafen adult, to analyze factors affecting the mental health level. METHOD: Fifty-two adult @entity1 with severe to extremely severe post-linguistic @entity393 were randomly selected to participate the study. A self-reporting questionnaire drew up by researchers was used to collect sociological data of the @entity1 . The self-rating @entity148 scale (SAS), self-rating @entity308 scale (SDS) and personal report of communication apprehension (PRCA-24) were used to measure the mental health degree of 52 post-linguistic @entity393 adults. To analyze related factors affecting the mental health in post-linguistic deafen adult. RESULT: (1) Majority of post-linguistic deafen adult have mental symptoms, including 24 subjects (46.15%) with @entity148 feeling, 18 subjects (34.61%) with @entity308 feeling and 45 subjects (86.54%) with communication apprehension. (2) Gander, with/without @entity392 , duration of @entity393 , education background and family support had significant correlation with the mental health level of subjects. Higher incident rate of mental symptoms were found in male (OR = 2.246), with @entity392 (OR = 0.536), short duration (OR = 1.397, 1.530), high education background (OR = 0.323) and poor family support (OR = 1.724). CONCLUSION: The mental health of the post-linguistic deafen adult was worse than that of the normal @entity1 , pathological feature and sociological factors were significantly correlated to the psychological evaluation. It is very important to pay attention on mental health and to give effective counseling of @entity393 @entity1 .

[The analysis of correlative factors on mental health of post-linguistic XXXX adults].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'people'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity392 :: ('MESH:D014012', 'Disease') :: ['tinnitus'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['hearing loss']
@entity393 :: (MESH:D034381,Disease) :: ['hearing loss']
