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Summary
Data was collected from 670 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans evaluated at a post-deployment clinic in New Jersey to assess the physical health functioning at several time points post-deployment. In this clinical sample, significantly lower physical health scores corresponded to increasing amount of time post-deployment after adjusting for probable PTSD.
Citation
Falvo, M.J., Serrador, J.M., McAndrew, L.M., Chandler, H.K., Lu, S. & Quigley, K.S. (2012). A retrospective cohort study of U.S. Service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq: Is physical health worsening over time? BMC Public Health, 12, 1124. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1124