Veterans' compensation claims beliefs predict timing of PTSD treatment use relative to compensation and pension exam.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In this study we developed the Disability Beliefs Scale to assess Veterans' beliefs that engaging in treatment, as well as other behaviors, would affect the likelihood of a Veteran's being awarded disability-related benefits. We posited that Veterans with stronger beliefs that attending mental health treatment would facilitate a service-connection award would be more likely to attend PTSD treatment before their compensation and pension examinations for PTSD.

Methods

Electronic health records for 307 post-9/11-era Veterans applying for compensation and pension for service-connected PTSD and engaging in a clinical trial of a treatment-referral intervention were analyzed for PTSD-specific and more general mental health treatment use around the time of their compens

SUBMITTER: Black AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307722 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature