Retrospective cohort study of compliance with post-deployment screening in the Canadian Armed Forces.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel who return from certain international deployments are required to complete post-deployment screening (PDS) 90 to 180 days post-deployment; the primary goal of PDS is early detection of mental health problems that aims for reduced delays to care provision. We investigated service members' compliance with the PDS completion requirement and the factors associated with this compliance; a secondary objective was to investigate completion timing.

Design

The study used a retrospective cohort of CAF personnel (n=28 460) who had deployments over 01 January 2009 to 31 December 2014; inferences were based on a probabilistic sample (n=3004).

Primary outcome

The primary outcome was PDS completion. We assessed the timing of PDS comple

SUBMITTER: Beliveau PJH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661650 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature