Effect of comprehensive intervention on mental health and sleep quality among crew members during Escort Mission in the Gulf of Aden / 军事医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the effect of comprehensive mental intervention on mental health and sleep quality among the crew members during the Escort Mission in the Gulf of Aden.Methods The same batch of two escort ships was divided into study group and control group.The study group was intervened by comprehensive psychological intervention methods involving diversified forms of psychological training, counseling, behavioral intervention and cooperation between various departments.A psychological survey was conducted with Symptom Checklist 90( SCL-90) , Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Scale(PSQI) before and 3 months after intervention. Results There was no significant difference between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05).After intervention,the score of SCL-90 of study group was significantly better than that of the control group in somatization,obsessive compulsive disorder,interpersonal relationship,depression, anxiety,bigotry and hostility (P<0.05), while the score of SAS and SDS was lower(P <0.05).Sleep quality, the time taken to fall asleep, sleep time, dyssomnia,sleep efficiency,daytime dysfunction factor and the total score of PSQI were significantly more desirable than in control group (P<0.01).Conclu-sion Comprehensive intervention can effectively improve mental health and sleep quality of the crew members in the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden.It is worthy of popularization and application.