Postdeployment At-Risk Drinking Among Active Duty Women: Health Care Utilization and Military Readiness Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Background: Studies have found increasing rates of excessive drinking among women and high levels of psychiatric comorbidity. This follow-up study replicated our predominantly male study to identify multimorbidity clusters among the subsample of military women with postdeployment at-risk drinking and to examine the association of cluster membership with health care utilization and military readiness. Methods: Participants consisted of Army women who screened positive for postdeployment at-risk alcohol use (n = 12,066). Latent class analysis (LCA) categorized participants into classes using 31 indicators of mental and physical health, alcohol, and tobacco use. Cox proportional hazard models estimated the relative hazards of classes with health care utiliza

SUBMITTER: Adams RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12746430 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature