In the period of the survey 100 MHO’s completed the questionnaire. Amongst them were
14 psychiatrists, 25 clinical psychologists and 60 social workers. Mean age 37.37?±?7.12 years,
mean years of professional seniority 7.83?±?6.47. 53% were women, 47% were men. The
majority of participants were married (79%), 18% single, 2% divorced, 1% widowed.
The mean number of children in MHO’s families was 1.55, 27% had no children, 16% had
one child, 30% had 2 children, 27% had 3 children or more.
44% of the MHO’s were Captains, 44% Majors, 3% Lieutenant Colonels and 8% citizens
working for the I.D.F.
Education-20% had an undergrad academic degree, 65% had graduate degree and 14% had
a doctorate.
37% of the MHO’s served in the technology and logistics division, 34% served in the
ground forces, 18% served in the air force, 5% in the human resources division, 3%
in the intelligence division and 2% in the navy.
17% of the HMO’s reported a family income below 10,000 NIS a month, 55% reported a
family income between 10,000-20,000NIS a month and 27% reported a family income above
20,000 a month.
Where they had an administrative executive or clinical position: 10% of the MHO’s
served in the headquarters and dealt with administrative executive work only, 35%
dealt with clinical work only, 54% combined clinical and administrative work.
Place of service: 26% served in the mental health clinics, 22% in basic training and
combat training bases, 11% served in the divisions, 14% in the headquarters, 6% in
the recruiting offices, 3% in the army prison, 2% in hospitals, 16% in other units.
The majority of MHO’s (57%) reported having no medical problem impacting on their
quality of life. While a minority (13%) reported having a medical problem which has
an impact on their quality of life.
The objective of the SLS scale analysis was to find correlations to the demographic
and clinical variables. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated for continuous
variables and the chi2 test was used for categorical non-parametric variables.
The SLS mean score was 24.29?±?5.22, the range was 7–35 (see Table 1).
Table 1. Satisfaction with life scale – SLS
Table 2. Correlations with demographic and career variables
The majority of participants had a SLS score above 20 (78%).
Among all the variables, the only significant statistical correlation found was to
level of family income (p?=?0.01). No significant statistical correlation was found
to any of the other variables (see Table 2).