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Summary
Service members' health may be affected by deployment and combat experience. To examine this, scores on measures of Soldiers’ mental and physical health were compared from pre-deployment to immediately post-deployment. Findings indicate that deployment was associated with a general lowering in health status, both physically and mentally.
Citation
McAndrew, L. M., D’Andrea, E., Lu, S. E., Abbi, B., Yan, G. W., Engel, C., Quigley, K. S. (2013). What Pre-Deployment and Early Post-Deployment Factors Predict Health Function after Combat Deployment?: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Soldiers. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11, 1-9. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-11-73