Mental health status of military personnel in scattered and remote troops:a meta-analysis
YANG Mengyuan
QIU Rui
LI Yahong
LI Yu
ZHANG Yuanbei
PU Zhaojun
SHAO Feng
WANG Hui
WANG Xiuchao
WU Shengjun
Abstract：Objective To find out about the mental health status and related changes among military personnel in scattered and remote troops in the past ten years,and to provide data for mental health assessment and interventions.Methods The literature that met the criteria for assessment was retrieved from CNKI,VIP and Wanfang databases using SCL-90 before meta-analysis was conducted using meta-package in R software.Results Sixteen studies were included after data screening,involving 5 375 subjects,whose scores of depression,interpersonal sensitivity,somatization,and anxiety factors were significantly higher than the military norm(2016 version)(WMD = 0.29,0.26,0.26,and 0.24,respectively while P values were＜0.001).The subgroup test showed that scores of interpersonal sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive factors were different between geographical groups(Q=12.8,5.83,P＜0.01,=0.05).Meta-regression analysis showed that score of interpersonal sensitivity was influenced by the year the study was conducted and by the sample size of the experimental group,the score of depression factors was affected by the sample size of the experimental group while the score of hostility factors varied according to the age of the subjects.Conclusion The psychological health status of military personnel in scattered and remote troops is significantly lower than the military norm(the 2016 version).The problems involve depression,interpersonal sensitivity,somatization and anxiety.
Keywords：Scattered and remoteMilitary personnelMental healthMeta-analysis
Publication Date：2024-02-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 26-31 )