J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2024 Mar;33(1):1-8. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2024.33.1.1.

Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health of Military Social Service Personnel

• Lee MS
• Lee EJ

• KMID: 2554251
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2024.33.1.1

Abstract

Purpose
This study aims to find the mental health characteristics and factors affecting depressive symptoms in military social service personnel.
Methods
This descriptive investigation retrospective cohort study analyzed secondary data of social service personnel at I City for five years from April 2016 to May 2020. The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-K, the Paranoia Scale, and the Reynolds Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire were used to examine the mental health of social service personnel.
Results
Compared to the military social service personnel with no depression, depressed social service personnel were more paranoid (t=7.13, p<.001), and had more suicidal ideas (t=7.44, p<.001). Depressive symptoms had a significant positive correlation with alcohol use disorder scores (r=.262, p<.001), paranoid ideas (r=.594, p<.01), and suicidal ideas (r=.594, p<.01). Alcohol use disorder scores (β=.16, t=2.86, p=.005), paranoid scores (β=.30, t=4.34, p<.001), and suicidal ideas (β=.42, t=5.95, p<.001) predicted depressive symptoms (R²=.49, p<.001).
Conclusion
Alcohol addiction, paranoid ideas, and suicidal ideas were found to be factors that affect depressive symptoms in military social service personnel.

Keyword

Suicide; Depressive symptoms; Paranoid disorder; Military personnel; 자살; 우울; 편집장애; 군인