TAO Ning, ZHANG Jian-jiang, LIU Ji-wen. A cross-sectional survey on relationships of occupational stress with depression and anxiety among military recruits[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2018, 35(7): 624-628. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2018.17736
Citation: TAO Ning, ZHANG Jian-jiang, LIU Ji-wen. A cross-sectional survey on relationships of occupational stress with depression and anxiety among military recruits[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2018, 35(7): 624-628. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2018.17736

A cross-sectional survey on relationships of occupational stress with depression and anxiety among military recruits

  • Objective To investigate the depression and anxiety among military recruits, analyze the effects of occupational stress on depression and anxiety, and provide a scientific basis for mental health protection and promotion.

    Methods By multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method, 625 military recruits were enrolled in 2014 from an army troop in Xinjiang. They were asked to complete Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition (OSI-R). The two groups were compared using t test and Mann-Whitney U test, the correlations of occupational stress with SDS and SAS scores were assessed by Spearman correlation analysis, and the influencing factors of SDS and SAS were analyzed by logistic regression analysis.

    Results The number of valid return was 597, and the valid rate was 95.52%. The Occupational Role Questionnaire (ORQ) scores and Personal Strain Questionnaire (PSQ) scores of the urban group were higher than those of the rural group; the ORQ and PSQ scores of smokers were higher than those of non-smokers (Ps < 0.05). The median (P25, P75) of the SDS and the SAS scores were 40 (34, 49) and 34 (29, 41), respectively. The SDS and SAS scores of the college and above group were lower than those of the high school and below group (P < 0.05); the SDS score of the student group (identity before enlisting) was lower than that of the non-student group (identity before enlisting) (P < 0.05). There were positive correlations between ORQ and SDS scores (r=0.574), ORQ and SAS scores (r=0.630), PSQ and SDS scores (r=0.670), and PSQ and SAS scores (r=0.736) (Ps < 0.001). There were negative correlations between Personal Resources Questionnaire (PRQ) and SDS scores (r=-0.627) and between PRQ and SAS scores (r=-0.619) (P < 0.001). Personal resource was a protective factor of depression (OR=0.977, 95% CI:0.961-0.994), while personal strain was a risk factor for anxiety (OR=1.668, 95% CI:1.092-2.548) and depression (OR=1.865, 95% CI:1.048-4.082).

    Conclusion The selected military recruits show poor status of occupational stress, depression, and anxiety, and occupational stress is closely related to depression and anxiety.

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