Factors Influencing the Mental Health of Firefighters in Shantou City, China
| Autor: | Xiaojun Chen, Zhekuang Peng, Lishao Zhang, Shaoxing Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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education.field_of_study
business.industry 05 social sciences Population Logistic regression Mental health 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Birth order 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Occupational stress medicine.symptom business education China General Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 13:529-536 |
| ISSN: | 1179-1578 |
| DOI: | 10.2147/prbm.s249650 |
| Popis: | Background Firefighters are routinely exposed to occupational stress and are therefore vulnerable to psychological problems. Patients and methods This study assessed the prevalence of mental health symptoms and potential contributing factors in a sample of firefighters in Shantou city, in the Guangdong Province of China. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 335 firefighters, including 329 male and 6 female firefighters. We used a questionnaire which assessed anxiety and depression, as indicated by the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), as well as other mental health symptoms, using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90). Basic information and potential-related factors were also collected. Results The average age of participants was 27.38 (SD ± 6.11) years. Assessed by the indexed score of different scales, SAS and SDS positive screening rates were 6.86% and 22.68%, respectively. SCL-90 scores indicated that 6.86% of participants had mental health symptoms. Logistic regression analysis showed that educational level, firefighter rank, and birth order were associated with mental health outcomes. Firefighters in Shantou were also shown to have better mental health outcomes than the Chinese military, but worse than the national population of firefighters. Conclusion These findings indicated the mental health of firefighters is not good. It is necessary to explore effective approaches to help preventing and treating mental disorder in firefighters. |
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