The Temporal Relationship Between Intrafamilial Violence, Deployment, and Serious Mental Illness in US Army Service Members
Abstract
Prior research has established an association between deployment and family violence, with insufficient evidence to identify when such violence occurs in relation to deployment and identification of mental illness in ADSM. This project will use: 1) longitudinal models to capture the temporal relationships between deployment, mental illness and family violence and 2) qualitative techniques to allow military stakeholders to evaluate Stage 1 findings and inform future interventions. This year we assembled our experts, obtained human subjects approvals, and acquired datasets. Through months of intensive data management, we cleaned, filled in missing data and summarized the study population across deployment, UIC, MOS and dependent data. We developed two domains for the longitudinal analysis 1) MOS classification to assess risk of combat exposure, and 2) unit stability a measure of social support. Despite delays, we remain on target with project goals. We anticipate imminent approvals for both TMA and ACR data. In addition to completing unit stability, we will finish the longitudinal data architecture in preparation for the arrival of TMA claims data. Once TMA data arrives, we will proceed in cleaning, filling in, summarizing, and encoding time-dependent events from the claims. We will then begin the multivariate longitudinal analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA562184
Entities
People
- Amanda O'reilly
- David Rubin
- Sarah Frioux
Organizations
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia