การสำรวจความวิตกกังวลเกี่ยวกับบุตรในกำลังพลที่ปฏิบัติหน้าที่ราชการสนามพื้นที่ 3 จังหวัดชายแดนภาคใต้

Abstract

Stress among army personnel deployed in 3 southern border provinces may be related to risk and remote  family and affect their competency of work. Objective: To study the anxiety on offspring and the stress level  among army personnel deployed in 3 southern border provinces Materials and Methods: Army personnel of  312th Infantry Battalion Task Force 14th task force at Thanto district Yala provinces who had been deployed in  3 southern border  provinces for 5 months answered 2 questionnaires. The first one was the assessment of anxiety  on offspring concerning   ost of living health safety education behavior and drug abuses. The other was self-assessment of stress.  Results: 631 army personnel answered the questionnaires. 188 (29.79%) had children aged  less than 18 years. 68.6%, 65.4% and 68.6% of them expressed anxiety on cost of living child’s health and child’s   afety respectively. Factors contributing to high stress scores were private rank and salary less than 10,000 Baht.  Conclusions: The anxiety on offspring among army personnel deployed in 3 southern border provinces is commonly related  to cost of living health and safety. Private rank and low income are important factors related to high stress level.