Medical Care Needs of Returning Veterans with PTSD: Their Other Burden
| Autor: | Susan M. Frayne, Eric Berg, Samina Iqbal, Kaajal J. Laungani, Rachel Kimerling, Victor Y. Chiu, Ruth C. Cronkite, Joanne Pavao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of General Internal Medicine. 26:33-39 |
| ISSN: | 1525-1497 0884-8734 |
| Popis: | There has been considerable focus on the burden of mental illness (including post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD) in returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans, but little attention to the burden of medical illness in those with PTSD. (1) Determine whether the burden of medical illness is higher in women and men OEF/OIF veterans with PTSD than in those with No Mental Health Conditions (MHC). (2) Identify conditions common in those with PTSD. Cross-sectional study using existing databases (Fiscal Year 2006–2007). Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients nationally. All 90,558 OEF/OIF veterans using VHA outpatient care nationally, categorized into strata: PTSD, Stress-Related Disorders, Other MHCs, and No MHC. (1) Count of medical conditions; (2) specific medical conditions (from ICD9 codes, using Agency for Health Research and Quality’s Clinical Classifications software framework). The median number of medical conditions for women was 7.0 versus 4.5 for those with PTSD versus No MHC (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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