Study on the mental health of the commissioned and enlisted of a certain naval escort convoy in the Gulf of Aden
10.3969/j.issn.1009-0754.2015.01.003
- VernacularTitle:某批亚丁湾护航官兵心理健康水平研究
- Author:
Gao WU
1
;
Qi CHENG
;
Heng XU
;
Zhijun QIAN
;
Weiwei CAO
Author Information
1. 解放军第四一一医院
- Keywords:
Naval afloat personnel;
Escort mission in the Gulf of Aden;
Mental health;
Symptom Checklist-90
- From:
Journal of Navy Medicine
2015;(1):7-9
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the mental health of the commissioned and enlisted of a certain naval escort convoy both before and after deployment to the Gulf of Aden , and to explore the effects of prolonged deployment on their mental health .Methods Mental evaluation was made on 175 naval personnel both before deployment and 16 weeks after deployment by using Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90).Results With the exception that paranoid scores [(1.67+0.39)scores] before deployment were identical with the mil-itary norm [(1.67+0.63)scores] without statistical significance , all the SCL-90 scores of the naval afloat personnel were all signifi-cantly lower than the military norm , and statistical significance could be seen when comparisons were made between them ( P<0.05 or P<0.01).Sixteen weeks after deployment , the scores of all the factors were significantly higher than those before deployment [(1.60+0.28) scores and (1.77+0.31) scores respectively] and statistical difference could be noted when comparisons were made (P<0. 01), with the exception of the obsessive-compulsive and interpersonal sensitivity scores [(1.60 +0.30) scores and (1.67 +0.28) scores respectively ] .Conclusion The mental health status of the naval escort personnel before deployment was all superior to that of normal military personnel .However , following 16 weeks of deployment at sea , the mental health status of the naval escort personnel was significantly decreased , with this reason , necessary intervention measures should be taken in a timely manner .
