Evaluation and analysis of mental health of the aviators

Abstract

Objective To know and analyze the mental health status of the aviators. Methods The evaluation of the mental health status of the 1 158 aviators from the Chinese navy, army and air force was made by using the Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) and was compared with the norm of the Chinese military personnel, and then, the mental health status of the aviators was analyzed and evaluated. Results Except the scores of such factors as hostility, terror and psychoticism, the total scores of SCL-90 and the scores of various factors of the 1 158 aviators were all significantly higher than the norm of the Chinese military personnel (P 0.05). Conclusions The mental health level of the aviators was lower than that of the norm of the Chinese military personnel. The top three scores of various factors in sequence were compulsive symptoms, anxiety and depression, indicating that the mental health of the aviators was affected by many factors, including physiological, psychological and environmental factors, which were closely associated with the mental health status of the aviators. With this reason, close attention should be paid to the mental health of the aviators, so that the mental health level of the aviators could be further improved. Key words: Aviator; Mental health status; Evaluation; Result analysis