Al. Slusarcick et al., Factors associated with depression on a hospital ship deployed during the Persian Gulf War, MILIT MED, 166(3), 2001, pp. 248-252
Investigators surveyed health care providers (N = 250) deployed to the Pers
ian Gulf on the USNS Comfort hospital ship days before the beginning of the
Persian Gulf War in 1990, In this article, we identify factors associated
with the development of depression during deployment. Age, gender, negative
life events, stress from trauma-related work demands, and occupational exp
erience with the dying and the dead were significant predictors of depressi
on. Military training, although not associated with the experience of depre
ssion, was negatively correlated with concern about injury.