G. Hua, Cong Wa, Bai Shuang, An-dong Zhao, G. Dalong, Zhihui Yang, H. Zhan
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the sleep quality, emotional state and their relationship for flying personnel so as to provide reference for the targeted aeromedical support.
Methods
Two hundred and forty-nine flying personnel participated in the anonymous questionnaire surveys, including Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), self-evaluation of anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS), and profile of mood state (POMS). Comparisons of sleep quality among flying personnel, norm and ordinary soldiers were conducted. The correlation between sleep quality and emotional state was analyzed then.
Results
There were 238 questionnaires returned and the effective rate was 95.6%. The prevalence of sleeping disorders in 238 flying personnel was 36.6%. Their total score of PSQI was (6.79±3.06), which was significantly higher than that of norm and ordinary soldiers (t=14.706, 5.967, P<0.01) and their scores of anxiety and depression were higher than those of the domestic norm (t=4.867, 3.147, P<0.01). In addition, with the total score of PSQI increased the scores on SAS, SDS, tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, fatigue-inertia and confusion-bewiderment showed upward trend. But the score on vigor-activity was decreased. Correlation analysis showed that the total score of PSQI was positively correlated with the scores on SAS, SDS, tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, fatigue-inertia and confusion-bewiderment (r=0.549-0.665, P<0.01), and was negatively correlated with vigor-activity (r=-0.417, P<0.01).
Conclusions
Sleep quality is an important indicator of emotional state. Sleep quality of flying personnel is lower than that of norm and ordinary soldiers and this means the flying personnel are in obviously higher tension and stress state.
Key words:
Sleep; Emotions; Questionnaires; Military flying personnel
期刊介绍:
The aim of Chinese Journal of Aerospace Medicine is to combine theory and practice, improve and popularize, actively advocate a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, advocate seeking truth from facts, promote the development of the related disciplines of aerospace medicine and human efficiency, and promote the exchange and penetration of aerospace medicine and human efficiency with other biomedical and engineering specialties.
Topics of interest for Chinese Journal of Aerospace Medicine include:
-The content of the journal belongs to the discipline of special medicine and military medicine, with the characteristics of multidisciplinary synthesis and cross-penetration, and mainly reflected in the aerospace industry, aerospace flight safety and efficiency, as well as the synthesis of special medicine, preventive medicine, environmental medicine, psychology, etc.
-Military aeromedicine (Air Force, Navy and Army aeromedicine) and civil aeromedicine, with a balance of aerospace medicine are the strengths of the journal.
-The change in aerospace medicine from a focus on promoting physiological compensatory adaptations to enhancing human performance under extreme environmental conditions is what the journal is helping to promote.
-The expansion of manuscripts in high altitude medicine is also a special emphasis of the journal.