Factors associated with self-reported health among New Zealand military veterans: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors associated with better or poorer self-reported health status in New Zealand military Veterans.

Design

A cross-sectional survey.

Participants

The participants of interest were the 3874 currently serving Veterans who had been deployed to a conflict zone, but all Veterans were eligible to participate.

Study variables

The EQ-5D-5L, asking about problems across five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain or discomfort and anxiety or depression), with five levels of severity (eg, no, slight, moderate, severe or extreme problems), also containing a Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) to self-assess health state, scaled from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) imagined health.Hypothetical relationships with better health were positive soci

SUBMITTER: McBride D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature