Operation Orderly - Prevalence and Degree of Distress Among Military Personnel Following Their Ambulance Experiences in London District

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their experiences during Operation Orderly in London District. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of the deployment which inquired about distressing experiences. The General...

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Published in:BMJ military health 1992, Vol.138 (1), p.23-26
Main Authors: Gillham, A B, Abraham, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affective Symptoms - epidemiology
Ambulances
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
London
Medical sciences
Military Personnel
Prevalence
Psychiatric epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Strikes, Employee
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
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Summary:The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their experiences during Operation Orderly in London District. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of the deployment which inquired about distressing experiences. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Impact of Event Scale (IES) were included to provide an objective measure of the distress. Thirty two per cent of respondents admitted to distressing experiences, of these a subgroup (20.5%) who were more severely distressed welcomed the opportunity to discuss their experiences.
ISSN:0035-8665
2633-3767
2052-0468
2633-3775
DOI:10.1136/jramc-138-01-06