Assessing exposure to war-related traumatic events in older Vietnamese war survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Though studies measuring war-related stressors and resultant trauma among U.S. military veterans are abundant, few studies address how wartime stressors affect military veterans native to warzones. Even fewer assess the stress exposure and resulting trauma experienced by Vietnamese civilians. This study aimed to construct a scale to quantify wartime stress exposure that is relevant for civilians and military veterans who survived the American War in Vietnam.

Methods

The study analyzed data from a novel source, the Vietnam Health and Aging Study, which surveyed older men and women residing in central and northern Vietnam. We used a combination of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis with posthoc tests of reliability and validity to derive measures for asses

SUBMITTER: Young Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature