Risk factors for positive depression screening across a shipboard deployment cycle.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is a leading cause of healthcare use and risk for suicide among US military personnel. Depression is not well characterised over the shipboard deployment cycle, and personnel undergo less screening than with land-based deployments, making early identification less likely.

Aims

To determine the demographic and behavioural risk factors associated with screening positive for risk of depression (ROD) across the shipboard deployment cycle.

Method

Active-duty ship assigned personnel completed an anonymous assessment using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in the year prior to deployment, during deployment and in the months following deployment. Longitudinal models were used to determine risk factors.

Results

In total,

SUBMITTER: Arcury-Quandt AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6788222 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature