Comparative study on mental health status of 10 113 military personnel and the norms of China / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze themental health status of 10 113 military personnel of China in 2011 and the changes of the mental health of military personnel.Methods Symptom check list-90 (SCL-90) was used to assess 10 113 military personnel of China.The result was compared with the army norm and civilian norm in the past over ten years.Results ①Except somatization,other items of SCL-90 of 10 113 military personnel was generally lower than that of civilian norm and army norm.Sensitive human interrelationship was the highest item in 1986 civilian norm,1999 army norm and 2000 army norm.Obsessive-compulsive disorder became the highest item in 2005 army norm,2006 civilian norm and 2011 armymen.②16.88％ military personnel have various mental health problems,which includes sensitive human interrelationship,somatization disorder,obsessive-compulsive disorder,depression,phobia and anxiety.③The proportion of positive item including somatization disorder,sensitive human interrelationship,anxiety,phobia and lunacy were significantly higher in 2011 compared with 2005 army norm(P＜0.01).While obsessive-compulsive disorder,hostility and crankiness were lower(P＜0.01).The proportion of positive item including anxiety,phobia and lunacy were significantly higher in 2011 compared with 2006 civilian norm (P ＜ 0.01).The proportion of positive item of somatization disorder had no difference (P ＞0.05).While other items were lower(P＜0.01).Conclusion The military personnel' s mental health is becoming fine in the past over ten years,but the proportion of positive item including somatization,sensitive human interrelationship,anxiety,phobia and lunacy were still high.