Study on traumatic stress status and related factors in the servicemen during the "5.12" earthquake relief work

Abstract

Objective To analyze the traumatic stress status of servicemen during 5. 12 earthquake relief work and explore the related factors of servicemen' s mental health in stress condition. Methods The scales of General Status Invested Score (GSIS) , Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Self-rating Scale (PTSD-SS) , Simplified Copy Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and Personal Evaluation Inventory ( PEI) were used to assess 869 servicemen during the earthquake relief work. Results 24.4% of servicemen in earthquake relief work had traumatic stress reaction problems, and was higher than the control group(9.2%, χ~2 =66.06, P<0.01). There was negative significant correlation among the total score of PTSD-SS and the duty, knowledge of psychology, social support, living condition, the genes(F3, F4, F5, F6, F8) and total marks of PEI. The negative significant correlation was found among the total score of PTSD-SS and the negative copy style. Regression analysis showed that the living condition , knowledge of psychology, negative copy style, the genes ( F3, F5, F6, F8 ) and total marks of PEI were more important in traumatic stress reflection than other factors. Conclusion Attention should be paid to the post traumatic stress reaction in servicemen of action under military stress, and servicemen' s mental health in stress condition were correlated with the living condition, knowledge of psychology, negative copy style, and self-confidence. Key words: Earthquake relief work; Service men; Mental health