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고은자 ( Ko Eun-Ja ) - 국군간호사관학교
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Abstract
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Purpose: This descriptive study was done to identify the relationship between fatigue, sleep pattern, social support, and adaptation to military life among soldiers, in order to produce fundamental data for the development of health improvement programs for soldiers.
Methods: To assess ROK soldiers’ levels of fatigue, sleep patterns, social support and level of military adaptation, a self-reporting survey was distributed to soldiers in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces from October 2nd, to October 17th, 2008. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics via SPSS WIN 12.0.
Results: Of the participants, 75.4% reported fatigue in the past 3 months. Out of 60 points total, The mean score for fatigue was 15.71 points for all participants, 19.43 points for the fatigue group and 4.72 for the non-fatigue group. The mean sleep time was 6.55 hours, with levels of satisfaction with the previous night’s sleep at 20.7%, the mean score for quality of sleep was 32.74 points. The mean score for social support was 102.79 points. The mean score for adaptation to military life was 66.62 points. Factors affecting degree of fatigue were the levels of self-evaluated health status and amount of exercise. When the relationships between fatigue, sleep patterns, level of social support and adaptation to military life among soldiers were analyzed, they showed a positive correlation between fatigue and sleep pattern, and a negative correlation between levels of fatigue, social support, and adaptation to military life. Soldiers who evaluated their health status as negative had a 8.213 times higher incidence of fatigue than those who evaluated their health status as positive. Meanwhile, soldiers who did not exercise had a 1.398 times higher incidence of fatigue than those who exercised regularly.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the significant variables affecting levels of fatigue are self-evaluated health status, level of exercise, sleep pattern and level of social support. So, in order to prevent and manage fatigue among soldiers, there is a need to develop programs to reduce the incidence and degree of fatigue in consideration of the variables affecting fatigue found in this study.
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KeyWords
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병사, 피로, 수면양상, 사회적지지, 군생활 적응
Soldier, Fatigue, Sleep pattern, Social support, Adaptation to military life
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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