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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Deployment-related quarantining-a risk or resilience factor for German military service members? A prospective analysis during the third-fifth waves of COVID-19.

Antje H Bühler, Gerd-Dieter Willmund

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Antje H BühlerBundeswehr Center for Military Mental Health, Military Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Gerd-Dieter WillmundBundeswehr Center for Military Mental Health, Military Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Bundeswehrkrankenhaus · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Mandatory deployment-related quarantining added further constraints on soldiers during the pandemic. Contrary to overwhelming research documenting an adverse impact of quarantining on mental health, no adverse short-term mental health effects of pre-deployment quarantining for German soldiers were identified. Therefore, we are interested in a potentially delayed onset, the impact of an additional post-deployment quarantine, and quarantine-associated risk and resilience factors predicting mental health post-deployment. Methods: In a prospective research design, 928 German soldiers enrolled in the study at the in-processing of pre-deployment quarantine between February 2021 and March 2022. Every German military service member undergoing pre-deployment quarantine could participate. The soldiers were between 18 and 64 years old; 87.5% identified as male and 12.5% as female. Self-reported mental health (Mini-SCL), perceived social support (FSozU-K22), and perceived unit cohesion were assessed three to five times: at the beginning and the end of pre-deployment quarantine ( Results: Despite four different mental health trajectories identified, repeated measures ANOVAs revealed a significant improvement in mental health post-deployment ( Conclusion: Although no overall adverse impact of quarantining on mental health was found, it is recommended to address perceived stigma and clearly communicate the quarantine protocol, and to further follow up on the perceived decrease in social support.

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COVID-19Military PersonnelResilience, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedQuarantineYoung Adultmental healthmilitary culturemilitary deploymentquarantinerisk and resilience factors

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PMID38152661
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