A comparing study on the psychological characters between the army and local SARS Medical Staff

This study is aim to compare the psychological characters between the army and local medical staffs who worked in the SARS wards. A structured questionnaire was used, including self-efficiency, mental health, social support and coping styles parts. The depression and compulsive index of army staffs were higher than local staffs, and the social support of army was lower than local. Generally, the mental health level of army SARS medical staffs was lower than that of the local staffs. The results indicated that under the emergent event such as SARS, the army and local staffs were impacted psychologically with different characters.