title: Operation Orderly--prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their ambulance experiences in London District.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their experiences during Operation Orderly in London District. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of the deployment which inquired about distressing experiences. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Impact of Event Scale (IES) were included to provide an objective measure of the distress. Thirty two per cent of respondents admitted to distressing experiences, of these a subgroup (20.5%) who were more severely distressed welcomed the opportunity to discuss their experiences.
authors.affiliation: Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gillham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000552:Ambulances; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008889:Military Personnel; D015995:Prevalence; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013317:Strikes, Employee; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors