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Index de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1699-5988Print version ISSN 1132-1296
Abstract
CHIMUNJA CHICUE, Lisbeth; FUENTES ALBAN, Sandra Carolina; RUIZ URBANO, Erika Melissa and CASTRILLON PAZ, Henry. Mental illness and associated factors in officers National Army Colombia in armed conflict. Index Enferm [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.4, pp.211-215. Epub Jan 20, 2020. ISSN 1699-5988.
Objective:
Describe the prevalence of mental illnesses and associated factors among National Army officers involved in armed conflict Colombian who were treated at the HUSJ.
Methods:
A quantitative, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study; the population consisted of 49 clinical histories of officers of the National Army in armed conflict with diagnosis of mental disorder, which were extracted from the HUSJ file system and its analyzed by SPSS.
Results:
In there search a prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) with 61.22% was found, followed by paranoid schizophrenia with 18.37% and last the diagnosis of unspecified schizophrenia with 4%.
Conclusions:
A prevalence of PTSD was found with officers of the Colombian army, which doubles the global and Latin American statistical average; In addition, the factors associated are inherent in the activities that the National Army officers have developed.
Keywords : Military personnel; Mental health; Combat disorders; Post-traumatic stress.
