【Abstract】 Objective: To study the mental status, life satisfaction and its influential factors among the elderly people. Methods: 1055 country-dwelling aged people were interviewed with questionnaire about their life satisfaction and mental health status, and the influential factors were analysed by multivariate linear stepwise regression. Results:There were 38.3%,51.3%,and 10.4% of subjects showing high, moderate and low life satisfaction respectively. The main influential factors were psychological factor, marriage status, health condition of spouse,income and so on.Conclusion:Mental health education in the elderly people, especially those without spouse, should be strengthened.更多还原