九一一后的服务人员:性别,婚姻状况和从战斗区的精神空中医疗疏散之间的关联
Brian A Moore1,2, Casey L Straud2,3,4, Willie J Hale2,3
1Department of Psychological Science, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.
概括
女性服务人员的精神病航空医疗疏散率更高. 与女性和未婚男性相比,已婚男性患PTSD和TBI的风险增加.
科学领域:
- 军事医学 军事医学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 航空医疗疏散行动
背景情况:
- 精神病航空医疗疏散是美国军事人员在战区医疗疏散的重要原因.
- 现有的研究缺乏关于性别和婚姻状况对导致疏散的精神病诊断的影响的数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查在伊拉克或阿富汗部署的美国军事人员中性别,婚姻状况和精神病航空医疗疏散之间的关系.
- 为了确定与精神病诊断相关的特定风险因素,需要空中医疗疏散.
主要方法:
- 对2001年至2013年期间部署的5957名美国军事人员的精神医学空中医疗疏散数据的分析.
- 统计方法包括千二测试,赔率比率 (OR) 和标准化余数.
主要成果:
- 与男性相比,女性服务人员的疏散率更高 (每10万人口中有178人),每10万人口中有115人.
- 已婚男性比已婚女性更有可能因PTSD (OR=1.98) 和TBI (OR=1.14) 而被疏散.
- 与未婚男性相比,已婚男性也有患PTSD (OR=1.66) 和焦虑症 (OR=1.38) 的风险增加.
结论:
- 部署压力可能会不成比例地影响未婚女性和已婚男性,增加他们面临精神医学空中医疗疏散的风险.
- 这些发现有助于更好地了解部署的军事人员中精神病航空医疗疏散的风险因素.
- 结果强调了在军事心理健康中需要针对性支持,考虑到性别和婚姻状况.
- 未婚女性和已婚男性可能需要特定的干预措施来减轻与战斗部署压力相关的风险.
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