- Title
- Mental health in F-111 maintenance workers: the Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (SHOAMP) general health and medical study
- Creator
- Attia, John R.; D'Este, Catherine; Schofield, Peter W.; Brown, Anthony M.; Gibson, Richard; Tavener, Meredith; Horsley, Keith; Harrex, Warren; Ross, James
- Relation
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Vol. 48, Issue 7, p. 682-691
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.jom.0000205985.00559.84
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- Objective: We sought to contrast mood disorder symptoms in F-111 aircraft Deseal/Reseal maintenance personnel with appropriate comparisons. Methods: Participants completed a comprehensive health assessment, including measures of mood disorder, self-reported mood symptom questionnaire items, and review of anxiolytic and depression medication. Multiple logistic regression was conducted for each outcome using exposure group and potential confounders as explanatory variables. Results: There was high agreement between self-reported mood disturbance and objective tests. The exposed group was more likely to self-report previous diagnoses of depression/anxiety, had higher use of antidepressant medications, and had increased risk of diagnosis of depression/anxiety. Results were consistently strong against both comparison groups, with the exposed more likely to have mental distress and social dysfunction when compared with the Australian population. Conclusions: There is robust evidence for an association between F-111 Deseal/Reseal exposure and impaired mental health.
- Subject
- mental health; F-111maintenance workers
- Identifier
- uon:1064
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26721
- Identifier
- ISSN:1076-2752
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