美国人对COVID-19的担忧,信息需求和不良心理健康结果 士兵们的士兵们的士兵们
Phillip J Quartana1, Matthew R Beymer2, Stephanie A Q Gomez2
1Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Military medicine
|September 16, 2023
概括
美国陆军士兵的心理健康受到COVID-19的严重影响,人们普遍担心社会活动和任务准备. 这些担忧,特别是在非白人士兵中,在整个大流行期间都持续存在,并且与不良的心理健康结果有关.
科学领域:
- 军事医学 军事医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,美国军人面临着独特的职业压力.
- 这些压力因素,加上一般的流行病限制,增加了不良心理健康结果的风险.
- 了解这些影响对于维持部队健康和准备状态至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定美国陆军士兵中COVID-19的流行程度和信息需求.
- 在这些问题和需求中识别人口差异.
- 评估COVID-19关注/需求与不良心理健康结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在三个地区司令部对美国士兵进行匿名电子调查.
- 数据收集在两个时间点:2020年5月至6月 (n=21,294) 和2020年12月至2021年1月 (n=10,861).
- 录取标准:现役或现役储备兵/国民警卫队.
主要成果:
- 关注社会活动,家庭接触和不断变化的法规的高度普遍性.
- 与压力管理,旅行,自我保护和任务准备相关的重大信息需求.
- 非白人士兵的担忧和需求更为普遍,并没有随着时间的推移而减少.
- 对COVID-19的担忧始终与增加不良心理健康结果的风险有关.
结论:
- 在最初的流行病阶段,COVID-19的担忧和信息需求是广泛和持久的.
- 在COVID-19的担忧和士兵的不良心理健康结果之间存在强烈的关联.
- 调查结果突出了未来干预措施的关键目标和人口群体,以支持军事心理健康和准备.
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