Post-traumatic stress impact on health outcomes in Gulf War Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25-32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, muscle pain, cognitive problems, insomnia, rashes and gastrointestinal issues and continues to be a poorly understood illness. This heterogeneity of GWI symptom presentation complicates diagnosis as well as the identification of effective treatments. Defining subgroups of the illness may help alleviate these complications. Our aim is to determine if GWI can be divided into distinct subgroups based on PTSD symptom presentation.

Methods

Veterans diagnosed with GWI (n = 47) and healthy sedentary veteran controls (n = 52) were recruited through t

SUBMITTER: Jeffrey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056666 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature