Recovery performance of rehabilitation programs for military personnel in military treatment centers of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

BACKGROUND: Adverse professional factors affecting military personnel usually present as mental fatigue at the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels. Professional activities of military personnel are associated with the deterioration of the body’s compensation abilities and increase the risk of psychosomatic disorders. The duration of the personnel’s (or a unit’s) missions is a special factor that causes fatigue and reduces the functional reliability and combat effectiveness of military personnel. Chronic fatigue can affect functions of all organs and systems of the human body. To restore and maintain the physical abilities of military personnel and to manage their maladaptive disorders, a set of medical and psychological rehabilitation programs is used in the treatment centers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. AIM: To analyze the performance of medical and psychological rehabilitation of military personnel who participated in long-term special combat missions and arrived for a 10-day medical and psychological rehabilitation in the treatment centers of the Russian Ministry of Defense. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied the structure and changes of the mental and psychophysiological status of military personnel who returned from a long sea voyage and were admitted to a treatment center for a 10-day medical and psychological rehabilitation. The examination included a performance and psychological assessment of the rehabilitated military personnel by standard psychological testing methods aimed at assessing the performance and abilities of the main body systems of military personnel. We examined medical records and files of military personnel. CONCLUSION: Analysis of medical and psychological rehabilitation outcomes of military personnel at a military treatment center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed an improvement in their subjectively estimated well-being, restoration of cardiovascular system abilities, and the the body performance as a whole.