Providing recovery support to wounded, injured, and sick UK military personnel throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Kay, Christopher W. P. Sutton, Rebecca J. Margerison, Gemma L. McKenna, Jim
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	ABSTRACT Health precautions implemented by the United Kingdom (UK) government to limit the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the closure of many well-being support services in 2020. This created a need to re-think how impactful recovery support courses can be provided. One such service was that of the five-day Multi Activity Course (MAC) which was redesigned in accordance with national health guidelines to allow continued access for Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) military personnel to the service; the positive impacts of which are well established. This study investigated the influence of the newly developed Reduced numbers MAC (R-MAC) on the WIS participants lives during and for 12 months after attending. The R-MAC led to comparable impacts for participants well-being, at a time in which people’s mental well-being was often being adversely affected. The positive mental well-being of the 261 participants improved by 33% throughout the course and remained 14% higher for the 37 participants who provided data six months after attending. Key facets of the experience that were most impactful for the participants were (i) shared experience with other veterans, (ii) discussing issues in a safe environment while receiving support from the staff and (iii) developing knowledge around self-help/personal development. Adapting to the challenging circumstances and developing the R-MAC mitigated against the already adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the WIS participants.
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Page Count	12
ISSN	08995605
Volume Number	35
DOI	10.1080/08995605.2022.2126655
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10453965
Issue Number	5
PubMed reference number	37615553
Journal	Military Psychology [Mil Psychol]
e-ISSN	15327876
Language	English
Publisher	Routledge
Publisher Date	2022-10-04
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Subject Keyword	COVID-19 pandemic recovery adaptive sport mental health health coaching psychological well-being behavior change military recovery psychosocial development physical activity wounded injured & sick military personnel
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Psychology Social Sciences