Gender Differences in Demographic and Health Characteristics of the Million Veteran Program Cohort
Autor: | Kelly M. Harrington, Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen, Rebecca J. Song, Keri Hannagan, Rachel Quaden, David R. Gagnon, Kelly Cho, Jennifer E. Deen, Sumitra Muralidhar, Timothy J. O’Leary, John Michael Gaziano, Stacey B. Whitbourne, J. Michael Gaziano, Rachel Ramoni, Jim Breeling, Kyong-Mi Chang, Grant Huang, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Philip S. Tsao, Jennifer Moser, Jessica V. Brewer, John Concato, Stuart Warren, Pharm D, Dean P. Argyres, Brady Stephens, Mary T. Brophy, Donald E. Humphries, Nhan Do, Shahpoor Shayan, Saiju Pyarajan, Elizabeth Hauser, Yan Sun, Hongyu Zhao, Peter Wilson, Rachel McArdle, Louis Dellitalia, John Harley, Jeffrey Whittle, Jean Beckham, John Wells, Salvador Gutierrez, Gretchen Gibson, Laurence Kaminsky, Gerardo Villareal, Scott Kinlay, Junzhe Xu, Mark Hamner, Kathlyn Sue Haddock, Sujata Bhushan, Pran Iruvanti, Michael Godschalk, Zuhair Ballas, Malcolm Buford, Stephen Mastorides, Jon Klein, Nora Ratcliffe, Hermes Florez, Alan Swann, Maureen Murdoch, Peruvemba Sriram, Shing Shing Yeh, Ronald Washburn, Darshana Jhala, Samuel Aguayo, David Cohen, Satish Sharma, John Callaghan, Kris Ann Oursler, Mary Whooley, Sunil Ahuja, Amparo Gutierrez, Ronald Schifman, Jennifer Greco, Michael Rauchman, Richard Servatius, Mary Oehlert, Agnes Wallbom, Ronald Fernando, Timothy Morgan, Todd Stapley, Scott Sherman, Gwenevere Anderson, Philip Tsao, Elif Sonel, Edward Boyko, Laurence Meyer, Samir Gupta, Joseph Fayad, Adriana Hung, Jack Lichy, Robin Hurley, Brooks Robey, Robert Striker |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Health (social science) Health Status Migraine Disorders Physical fitness Population Veterans Health Demographic profile Article Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Maternity and Midwifery Health care Prevalence Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Musculoskeletal Diseases Sex Distribution education Veterans Affairs Aged Veterans education.field_of_study business.industry 030503 health policy & services Mental Disorders Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged Mental health humanities United States United States Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiovascular Diseases Physical Fitness Cohort Female 0305 other medical science business Demography Cohort study |
Zdroj: | Womens Health Issues |
ISSN: | 1878-4321 |
Popis: | Background The Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (MVP) is the largest ongoing cohort program of its kind, with 654,903 enrollees as of June 2018. The objectives of this study were to examine gender differences in the MVP cohort with respect to response and enrollment rates; demographic, health, and health care characteristics; and prevalence of self-reported health conditions. Methods The MVP Baseline Survey was completed by 415,694 veterans (8% women), providing self-report measures of demographic characteristics, health status, and medical history. Results Relative to men, women demonstrated a higher positive responder rate (23.0% vs. 16.0%), slightly higher enrollment rate (13.5% vs. 12.9%), and, among enrollees, a lower survey completion rate (59.7% vs. 63.8%). Women were younger, more racially diverse, had higher educational attainment, and were less likely to be married or cohabitating with a partner than men. Women were more likely to report good to excellent health status but poorer physical fitness, and less likely to report lifetime smoking and drinking than men. Compared with men, women veterans showed an increased prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions, thyroid problems, gastrointestinal conditions, migraine headaches, and mental health disorders, as well as a decreased prevalence of gout, cardiovascular diseases, high cholesterol, diabetes, and hearing problems. Conclusions These results revealed some substantial gender differences in the research participation rates, demographic profile, health characteristics, and prevalence of health conditions for veterans in the MVP cohort. Findings highlight the need for tailoring recruitment efforts to ensure representation of the increasing women veteran population receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration. |
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