Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Women Military Service Members
Abstract
The proposed study addresses the topic area of “Women’s Heart Disease” with a specific topic of “retrospective studies to determining risk and incidence of heart disease among former and current female active duty personnel.” Representation of former and current female active duty personnel in the U.S. military population has been rapidly growing since the 1990s, and this trend is expected to continue. Current and former military Service members are at a significantly higher risk of heart failure and cardiovascular incidents than civilians in male Veterans. However, little has been studied about cardiovascular risk and incidence specific to women Service members. Understanding this is particularly important in delivering the care needed for better health with an ever-growing number of current active duty women military Service members and aging women Veterans. The current study proposes a retrospective study using a state-of-the-art statistical approach and large, representative national Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health records to develop a predictive risk score for women Service members. The goal of the study is to propose a new 10-year risk score that predicts cardiovascular incidence for the women military Service members. This study’s findings will contribute to a better management and treatment of cardiovascular disease for former and current active duty female military Service members at VA healthcare systems. This study is innovative, cost-effective, and time-conducive in introducing a state-of-the-art approach and using existing VA electronic health records. The study findings will provide much-needed guidance and evidence to VA healthcare providers in treating women Service members at all stages of their heart disease development and progression. The proposed approach in the study will be easily applied to other chronic disease risk assessments that women military Service members are at high risk of. Thus, the study’s objectives and findings are consonant with the Department of Defense’s mission to improve women Service members’ health.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 29, 2018
- Source ID
- W81XWH1810159
Entities
People
- Haekyung Jeon-slaughter
Organizations
- Dallas VA Medical Center
- United States Army