Construction of a career management index system for military mental health personnel: a qualitative study

Abstract

Objective To construct a career management index system for army mental health personnel in order to promote the development of mental health personnel team. Methods A total of 82 mental health personnel were selected for semi-structured interviews. Colaizzi analysis was used for this qualitative research, and Delphi expert consultation was employed to establish a career management index system for army mental health personnel. Results The effective recovery rate of the questionnaires for the 2 rounds of expert consultation was 100%, with a recommendation ratio of 70% and 35% respectively, and the authority coefficient of the expert consultation was 0.86. The values of Kendall's concordance coefficients for each level ranged in 0.186 to 0.240 and 0.132 to 0.162, respectively (all P < 0.01), and the coefficient of variation of each indicator was < 20%. Finally, a career management index system for military mental health personnel was constructed, specifically including 4 first-level indicators (organizational mechanism, management content, implementation path and effect evaluation), 13 second-level indicators and 36 third-level indicators. Conclusion Our constructed career management index system for army mental health personnel has high authority and scientificity.

Keywords

• army mental health personnel
• career
• management indicator system
• qualitative research