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We employed the Chinese version of the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) to assess the mental disorders and psychological health conditions of PMWs in Jiangxi. The t tests were used to compare the differences for the average score of SCL-90-R between the Chinese general population and targeted PMWs of this study. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the main factors associated with overall detection rate of PMWs\u2019 psychological health conditions. The scores of four dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety, and paranoid ideation) were significantly higher than the Chinese national norm, and the total positive rate was 49.09% among the PMWs. Gender, marital status, age, and length of employment are identified to be the most significant predictors to affect PMWs\u2019 mental health. Positive correlations between each of the nine dimensions of the SCL-90-R have been verified. This study demonstrated for the first time that PMWs are facing mental health risk and suffering serious psychological problems with psychopathology symptoms, which has become a growing concern in China. Our current findings suggest a need for more in-depth studies on this subject going forward to validate our conclusions and also to identify more impact factors, since such studies and knowledge of PMWs\u2019 mental health and influencing factors are very limited in China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph14121459","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,27]],"date-time":"2017-11-27T11:07:08Z","timestamp":1511780828000},"page":"1459","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Mental Health of the Prison Medical Workers (PMWs) and Influencing Factors in Jiangxi, China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Xiaojun","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"},{"name":"Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dongdong","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhaoxun","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meikun","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuanan","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, University of Hawaii at M\u0101noa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zongfu","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"},{"name":"Global Health Institute, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e009937","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2015-009937","article-title":"Post-traumatic stress disorder and occupational characteristics of police officers in republic of Korea: A cross-sectional study","volume":"6","author":"Inah","year":"2016","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e001720","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2012-001720","article-title":"Police officers: A high-risk group for the development of mental health disturbances? 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