Objective: To explore the mental health status of new head nurses in general hospitals, analyze the influencing factors, and provide scientific reference for improving their mental health status. Methods: A total of 135 new head nurses from 6 secondary and above general hospitals in Nanjing from November 2022 to March 2023 were selected as the research objects. The general information questionnaire, 12 general health questionnaires(GHQ-12), effort-reward imbalance questionnaire(ERI), emotion regulation questionnaire(ERQ) and Chinese Big Five Personality Questionnaire-Brief Version(CBF-PI-B) were used for investigation. The abnormal rate of mental health of new head nurses(GHQ-12≥4 points was judged as positive) was counted. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent influencing factors of mental health abnormalities of new head nurses, a regression prediction model was established and its goodness of fit was evaluated. Results: The abnormal rate of mental health of 135 new head nurses was 42.22%(57/135). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that weekly working time, occupational stress, expression inhibition score of ERQ scale and score of CBF-PI-B neuroticism personality subscale were independent risk factors for mental health abnormalities of new head nurses, while frequency of physical exercise and cognitive reappraisal score of ERQ scale were independent protective factors(P<0.05). A regression prediction model is established based on independent influencing factors. Logit(P)=-13.269+0.905×weekly working time(>48 h=2,41-48 h=1, ≤40 h=0)-1.509×frequency of physical exercise(at least once a week=2,2-4 weeks once=1, >4 weeks once=0)+1.468×occupational stress(high=1, low=0) -0.413×ERQ scale cognitive reassessment score(points)+0.216×ERQ scale expression inhibition score(points)+0.248×CBF-PI-B neuroticism personality subscale score(points). The Hosmer-Lemeshow test showed that the model construction was effective. ROC curve showed that the regression prediction model predicted AUC 0.982, the prediction sensitivity was 94.74%, the specificity was 93.59%, the accuracy was 94.07%, the positive predictive value was 91.53%, and the negative predictive value was 96.05%. Conclusion: Weekly working hours, frequency of participation in physical exercise, occupational stress, emotion regulation and neuroticism are independent influencing factors of mental health abnormalities of new head nurses in general hospitals. The regression model constructed based on the above factors has good predictive value. It can promote the mental health of head nurses by reasonably arranging workload, increasing the frequency of physical exercise, reasonable regulating emotion and improving the performance rewarding system. |