Meta-analysis of self-reported health symptoms in 1990-1991 Gulf War and Gulf War-era veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Across diverse groups of Gulf War (GW) veterans, reports of musculoskeletal pain, cognitive dysfunction, unexplained fatigue, chronic diarrhoea, rashes and respiratory problems are common. GW illness is a condition resulting from GW service in veterans who report a combination of these symptoms. This study integrated the GW literature using meta-analytical methods to characterise the most frequently reported symptoms occurring among veterans who deployed to the 1990-1991 GW and to better understand the magnitude of ill health among GW-deployed veterans compared with non-deployed GW-era veterans.

Design

Meta-analysis.

Methods

Literature databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies published from January 1990 to May 2017 reporting health symptom frequenc

SUBMITTER: Maule AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature