Mental distress and sociodemographic variables: a study of Greek warship personnel

dc.contributor.authorMazokopakis, E. E.en
dc.contributor.authorVlachonikolis, I. G.en
dc.contributor.authorSgantzos, M. N.en
dc.contributor.authorPolychronidis, I. E.en
dc.contributor.authorMavreas, V. G.en
dc.contributor.authorLionis, C. D.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:04:53Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:04:53Z
dc.identifier.issn0026-4075-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/20111
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dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectEducational Statusen
dc.subjectGreeceen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectMaleen
dc.subjectMarital Statusen
dc.subject*Mental Healthen
dc.subject*Military Personnelen
dc.subjectMultivariate Analysisen
dc.subjectNaval Medicineen
dc.subject*Stress, Psychologicalen
dc.titleMental distress and sociodemographic variables: a study of Greek warship personnelen
heal.abstractBACKGROUND: Mental disorders have been found to be the main cause of maladjustment and early discharge of the personnel in the Hellenic Navy and the armed forces in general. This study investigates the mental health status of a warship's military personnel by use of a widely used self-administered scale. METHODS: The 28-item Greek version of the General Health Questionnaire was administered to 281 men aboard a Greek warship to determine their mental health status and to examine possible associations with sociodemographic variables (rank, educational level, marital status). RESULTS: A high prevalence of General Health questionnaire cases (48.8%) was found which indicated conscripts as the group with the greater tendency for problems of adjustment and performance among the personnel of the warship. A negative association was found between educational level and psychological distress, whereas married subjects were found to have better levels of psychological well-being as defined by lower General Health questionnaire scores, compared with unmarried subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Although a further methodological and more sophisticated inquiry is necessary, the findings of the present study could be useful for the design of mental health interventions in the naval and the military setting.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12448611-
heal.journalNameMil Meden
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate2002-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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