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Post-deployment injury among new combat veterans enrolled in Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare.
- Source :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Oct2011, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p343-347, 5p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to examine prevalence and potential risk factors for post-deployment injury among Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans enrolled in Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare. A national, stratified sample of Iraq/Afghanistan combat Veteran VA users was surveyed in 2008. Mental and physical health, including medically-treated injuries sustained since deployment, were self-reported. Injury risk was estimated using survey logistic regression. Stratified ORs and 95% CIs were adjusted for potential confounders and non-response bias and weighted to represent the target population. Nearly half the population reported post-deployment injuries. In multivariate models, veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder (OR=2.1; 95% CI 1.3 to 3.5), self-reported diagnosed depression (OR=3.6; 95% CI 1.8 to 7.0) and anger problems (OR=2.4; 95% CI 1.4 to 4.2) had greater odds of post-deployment injury. Deployment-related injuries were also strongly associated with odds of post-deployment injury. Results suggest that mental health disorders increase the odds of post-deployment injury among combat veteran VA users. Longitudinal research examining these associations is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INJURY risk factors
ANGER
CONFIDENCE intervals
MENTAL depression
EPIDEMIOLOGY
VETERANS
MENTAL health
POST-traumatic stress disorder
RESEARCH funding
SELF-evaluation
MILITARY personnel
WAR
WOUNDS & injuries
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
SECONDARY analysis
DISEASE prevalence
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13538047
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66714725
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.030213