UK veterans' mental health and well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of UK ex-service personnel (veterans) before and during the pandemic, and to assess associations of COVID-19 experiences and stressors with mental health, alcohol use and loneliness.

Design

An additional wave of data was collected from a longitudinal cohort study of the UK Armed Forces.

Setting

Online survey June-September 2020.

Participants

Cohort members were included if they had completed a questionnaire at phase 3 of the King's Centre for Military Health Research health and well-being study (2014-2016), had left the Armed Forces after regular service, were living in the UK, had consented to follow-up and provided a valid email address. Invitation emails were sent to N=

SUBMITTER: Sharp ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature