Chronic multisymptom illness among female Veterans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
| Autor: | Jennifer H. Garvin, Matthew H. Samore, Anusha Muthukutty, Joshua Judd, April F. Mohanty, Lisa M. McAndrew, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Drew A. Helmer, Miland N. Palmer, Marjorie E. Carter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult medicine.medical_specialty Fibromyalgia Adolescent Primary care Irritable Bowel Syndrome Risk Factors parasitic diseases medicine Chronic fatigue syndrome Prevalence Humans Psychiatry Iraq War 2003-2011 health care economics and organizations Irritable bowel syndrome Depression (differential diagnoses) Veterans Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Afghan Campaign 2001 business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health humanities United States Chronic Disease Marital status Female business |
| Zdroj: | Medical care. 53(4 Suppl 1) |
| ISSN: | 1537-1948 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) may be more prevalent among female Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) deployed Veterans due to deployment-related experiences. OBJECTIVES To investigate CMI-related diagnoses among female OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. RESEARCH DESIGN We estimated the prevalence of the International Classification of Disease-9th edition-Clinical Modification coded CMI-related diagnoses of chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia (FM), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among female OEF/OIF/OND Veterans with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) visits, FY2002-2012 (n=78,435). We described the characteristics of female Veterans with and without CMI-related diagnoses and VHA settings of first CMI-related diagnoses. RESULTS The prevalence of CMI-related diagnoses among female OEF/OIF/OND Veterans was 6397 (8.2%), over twice as high as the prevalence 95,424 (3.9%) among the totality of female Veterans currently accessing VHA (P |
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