Longitudinal mental health outcomes of combat-injured service members.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between traumatic injury and subsequent mental health diagnoses is not well understood and may have significant implications for patient screening and clinical intervention. We sought to determine the adjusted association between traumatic injury and the subsequent development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety.

Methods

Using Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs datasets between February 2002 and June 2016, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of 7,787 combat-injured United States service members matched 1:1 to combat-deployed, uninjured service members. The primary exposure was combat injury versus no combat injury. Outcomes were diagnoses of PTSD, depression, and anxiety, defined by International Classif

SUBMITTER: Walker LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119815 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature