A Correlation Study of Acute Mountain Sickness and Associated Factors of Psychological Stress Among Military Per-sonnel in Highland Training
QIAO Kun
LI Hui-min
ZHANG Peng
Abstract：Objective To observe the acute mountain sickness among military personnel during highland training and to investigate the relationship between acute mountain sickness and associated factors of psychological stress. Methods 255 military personnel in high altitude area were assessed with the self-designed questionnaires, the Lake Louise score, scl-90, TCSQ and SDS. Results All the questionnaires were retrieved effectively. Somatization scores of scl-90, the positive and negative coping of TCSQ among military personnel during highland training were higher than that of normal controls ( P <0. 01). Between the positive symptom group and the negative symptom group, the cultural level, scores of social support, cog-nition of AMS, spirit-emotion and Somatization scores of SDS, the total scores and every factor scores of scl-90 showed statisti-cally significant difference ( P<0. 05 or P<0. 01 ) . By Multiple linear regression analysis, we found that scl-90 score, cog-nition of coping with AMS had significant influence on the total scores of AMS. Conclusion The associated factors of psycho-logical stress have significant influence on AMS. During highland training period, it is necessary to apply appropriate manage-ment strategy of psychological stress and psychological intervention to reduce the incidence rate of AMS and improve the com-bat fighting capacity of the troops.
Keywords：Highland diseaseHighlandMilitary personnelStresspsychologyFactor analysisstatistical
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 85-88 )