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Summary
308 Veterans from the VA San Diego Healthcare System who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) completed questionnaires in a study to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), combat injury, and headaches. Specifically, the focus was to determine the contribution of physical injury with loss of consciousness and PTSD to migraine and tension type headaches. Newly returning Veterans who experienced physical injury and PTSD reported higher rates of headaches than those who did not experience physical injury and PTSD.
Citation
Afari, N., Harder, L. H., Madra, N. J., Heppner, P. S., Moeller‐Bertram, T., King, C., & Baker, D. G. (2009). PTSD, combat injury, and headache in Veterans Returning from Iraq/Afghanistan. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 49(9), 1267-1276.