The Association of Lifetime and Deployment-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury With Postdeployment Binge and Heavy Drinking.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate associations of lifetime traumatic brain injury (LT-TBI) prior to an index deployment, and/or deployment-acquired TBI (DA-TBI), with postdeployment binge and heavy drinking.

Setting

Soldiers from 3 Brigade Combat Teams deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.

Participants

A total of 4645 soldiers who participated in the Army STARRS Pre/Post Deployment Study and completed 4 assessments: T0 (1-2 months predeployment), T1 (upon return to United States), T2 (3 months postdeployment), and T3 (9 months postdeployment).

Design

Prospective, longitudinal study controlling for baseline binge drinking.

Main measures

Self-reported past month binge drinking (5+ alcoholic beverages on the same day) and past month heavy drinking (binge drinking at leas

SUBMITTER: Adams RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature