Illness Among Persian Gulf War Veterans: Case Validation Studies.

Abstract

We recently completed a population-based, cross-sectional telephone survey of 4,886 military personnel to compare the prevalence of self-reported symptoms and illnesses among military personnel either deployed, or eligible but not deployed, during the Persian Gulf War (PGW) (JAMA, 1997) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Compared with non-PGW military personnel, PGW military personnel reported a significantly higher prevalence of symptoms of a variety of conditions, although depression, cognitive dysfunction, and fibromyalgia were particularly elevated. The existence of a causal relationship between either military exposures or other risk factors and documented illness for most symptomatic PGW veterans remains to be demonstrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA364262

Entities

People

  • Bradley N. Doebbeling

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Employment
  • Gulfs
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Recombinant Dna
  • Risk Factors
  • Security
  • Validation
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.