Background: Women who have served in the military are a rapidly growing population. No previous studies have compared directly their health status to that of civilians. Purpose: To provide estimates of several leading U.S. health indicators by military service status among women.
Data from a population-based study including civilians, Veterans Active Duty, and National Guard or Reserves members were used to compare the health status of women who have served in the military to that of civilians.
Objective.— Characterize migraine and other headache disorders within a large population-based US military cohort, with an emphasis on the temporal association between military deployment and exposure to combat.
Service members from all branches of the military completed paper-and-pencil surveys as part of the Millennium Cohort Study. Researchers were interested in exploring the association between deployment and combat exposure with migraine and headache disorders.
Background: Suicide rates in the U.S. military have been rising rapidly in the past decade. Research suggests guilt is a significant predictor of suicidal ideation among military personnel, and may be especially pronounced among those who have been exposure to combat-related traumas.
Active Duty Air Force personnel who were seeking outpatient mental health treatment participated in a study examining the interactive effect of direct combat exposure and guilt on suicidal ideation.
Background: This study examined gender differences in the impact of warfare exposure on self-reported physical health. Methods: Data are from the 2010 National Survey of Veterans, a nationally representative survey of veterans from multiple eras of service.
Veterans completed questionnaires to examine gender differences relationships among warfare exposure (combat deployment and exposure to casualties), health status, and functional impairment.
This study examined gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptom factors in the total U.S. active duty force.
Active Duty U.S. Military Service members participated in a study examining gender differences in individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptom clusters after controlling for several covariates.