Comment traiter la dépression chez les anciens combattants ?
Les antidépresseurs et la psychothérapie sont couramment utilisés pour traiter la dépression.
DépressionTraitement
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Quelles approches sont utilisées pour la gestion de la douleur ?
Les traitements incluent la médication, la physiothérapie et des techniques de relaxation.
Gestion de la douleurPhysiothérapie
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Quels sont les traitements pour les troubles de l'humeur ?
Les traitements incluent la thérapie, les médicaments et des programmes de soutien.
Troubles de l'humeurThérapie
#5
Comment aborder la dépendance chez les vétérans ?
Les programmes de désintoxication et la thérapie de groupe sont des approches efficaces.
DépendanceThérapie de groupe
Complications
5
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Quelles complications peuvent survenir avec le stress post-traumatique ?
Des troubles de l'humeur, des problèmes de santé physique et des comportements suicidaires peuvent survenir.
Stress post-traumatiqueComplications
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Comment la dépression peut-elle affecter la vie quotidienne ?
Elle peut entraîner des difficultés relationnelles, des problèmes de travail et une baisse de la qualité de vie.
DépressionQualité de vie
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Quelles sont les conséquences d'une douleur chronique non traitée ?
Elle peut mener à l'anxiété, à la dépression et à une diminution de la mobilité.
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#4
Quels risques sont associés à la dépendance chez les vétérans ?
Les risques incluent des problèmes de santé, des conflits relationnels et des comportements criminels.
DépendanceRisques
#5
Comment le stress peut-il affecter la santé physique ?
Le stress chronique peut entraîner des maladies cardiovasculaires, des troubles digestifs et d'autres problèmes de santé.
StressSanté physique
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels facteurs augmentent le risque de stress post-traumatique ?
Les expériences de combat, le soutien social faible et des antécédents de troubles mentaux augmentent le risque.
Stress post-traumatiqueFacteurs de risque
#2
Comment l'isolement social influence-t-il la santé mentale ?
L'isolement social peut aggraver les symptômes de dépression et d'anxiété chez les vétérans.
Isolement socialSanté mentale
#3
Quels antécédents médicaux sont des facteurs de risque pour les vétérans ?
Des antécédents de troubles mentaux ou de blessures physiques augmentent les risques de complications.
Antécédents médicauxFacteurs de risque
#4
Comment le stress au travail affecte-t-il les vétérans ?
Le stress au travail peut exacerber les troubles mentaux et physiques chez les anciens combattants.
Stress au travailSanté mentale
#5
Quels rôles jouent les facteurs environnementaux dans la santé des vétérans ?
Les facteurs environnementaux, comme l'exposition à des toxines, peuvent affecter la santé physique et mentale.
Facteurs environnementauxSanté physique
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VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy (CSHIIP), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California; Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Dallas, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (Carlo); VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Seattle (Sterling, Mao, Fortney, Wong); Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Fiorella); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Fortney, Unützer) and Health Systems and Population Health (Wong), School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Dallas, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (Carlo); VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Seattle (Sterling, Mao, Fortney, Wong); Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Fiorella); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Fortney, Unützer) and Health Systems and Population Health (Wong), School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
2019-10-17
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Dallas, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago (Carlo); VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Seattle (Sterling, Mao, Fortney, Wong); Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (Fiorella); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Fortney, Unützer) and Health Systems and Population Health (Wong), School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Many veterans enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system have access to non-VA care through insurance and VA-purchased community care. Prior comparisons of VA and non-VA hospital outcome...
To compare outcomes for 6 acute conditions in VA and non-VA hospitals for younger and older veterans using VA and all-payer discharge data....
This cohort study used a repeated cross-sectional analysis of hospitalization records for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage, hear...
Treatment in VA or non-VA hospital....
Thirty-day mortality, 30-day readmission, length of stay (LOS), and costs. Average treatment outcomes of VA hospitals were estimated using inverse probability weighted regression adjustment to account...
There was a total of 593 578 hospitalizations and 414 861 patients with mean (SD) age 75 (12) years, 405 602 males (98%), 442 297 hospitalizations of non-Hispanic White individuals (75%) and 73 155 ho...
In this cohort study of veterans, VA hospitalizations had lower mortality for HF and stroke and lower readmissions, longer LOS, and higher costs for most conditions compared with non-VA hospitalizatio...
Insomnia contributes to individual mental and physical health and relationship well-being. Veterans' PTSD symptoms are associated with their own insomnia. However, research has not explored whether an...
Infertility care is provided to Veterans through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical benefits package and includes infertility evaluation and many infertility treatments....
Our objective was to examine the incidence and prevalence of infertility diagnoses and the receipt of infertility healthcare among Veterans using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) healthcare from 2...
Veterans using the VHA and diagnosed with infertility during October 2017-September 2020 (FY18-20) were identified in VHA administrative data and through VA-purchased care (i.e., community care) claim...
A total of 17,216 Veterans had at least one VHA infertility diagnosis in FY18, FY19, or FY20, including 8766 male Veterans and 8450 female Veterans. Incident diagnoses of infertility were observed in ...
In comparison to a recent study of active duty servicemembers, we found a lower rate of infertility among Veteran men and a higher rate among Veteran women. Further work is needed to investigate milit...
Veterans are at elevated risk of epilepsy due to higher rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, little work has examined the extent to which quality of care is associated with key outcomes for...
We conducted a cross-sectional study of Post-9/11 Veterans with validated active epilepsy who received VA care (n = 441). Veterans were surveyed on care processes using American Academy of Neurology e...
Self-reported measures of quality of care were broadly associated with satisfaction with care and epilepsy knowledge. OLS modeling indicated that healthcare provider guidance on when to seek emergency...
This study found that quality measures were associated with satisfaction and epilepsy knowledge but not associated with proactive self-management in multivariable models. The finding that better commu...
The Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) aims to address access constraints in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) by reimbursing care from non-VA community providers. Little existing research e...
We examined changes in reliance on VA for primary care (PC), mental health (MH), and specialty care (SC) among VCCP-eligible veterans....
We linked VA administrative data with VCCP claims to retrospectively examine utilization during calendar years 2016-2018....
1.78 million veterans enrolled in VA before 2013 and VCCP-eligible in 2016 due to limited VA capacity or travel hardship....
We measured reliance as the proportion of total annual outpatient (VA+VCCP) visits occurring in VA for PC, MH, and SC....
Of the 26.1 million total outpatient visits identified, 45.6% were for MH, 29.9% for PC, and 24.4% for SC. Over the 3 years, 83.2% of veterans used any VA services, 23.8% used any VCCP services, and 2...
Veterans who have the option of selecting between VA or VCCP providers continued using VA for most of their outpatient care in the initial years after the 2014 VCCP expansion....
Veterans die by suicide at higher rates than nonveterans. Given that the emergency department is often the first point of entry to healthcare following a suicide attempt, it would be beneficial for co...
This qualitative exploratory study involved content analysis of semistructured interviews. Ten emergency clinicians from 5 rural Arkansas counties with high suicide rates were interviewed about their ...
Although most of the emergency departments had a process for assessing for suicide risk, emergency clinicians did not always feel confident in their knowledge of assessing and caring for suicidal pati...
Best practices for suicide assessment and management of veterans exist; however, challenges specific to the emergency department regarding staff training and engaging the community to effectively link...
This cohort study examines changes in the use of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA hospitals by VA enrollees and mortality associated with these policies....
Persons with serious mental illness (SMI: schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder) experience increased risk of mortality after contracting COVID-19 based on the results of several internat...
National VHA administrative data was used to identify all patients (N = 52,916) who received a positive COVID-19 test result between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020. Mortality risk was assessed ...
In unadjusted analyses, VHA patients with SMI overall and patients with bipolar disorder in particular did not experience increased mortality risk in the 30 days following a positive COVID test, altho...
Within VHA, patients with schizophrenia, but not those with bipolar disorder, experience increased mortality risk in the 30 days following a positive COVID-19 test. Large integrated healthcare setting...
To describe and compare demographic characteristics and comorbidities of rural and urban Veterans diagnosed with sleep disorders, and to evaluate whether rurality is a disparity for sleep care among V...
Numbers of Veterans with sleep disorders and comorbid conditions were determined using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Corporate Data Warehouse, a database that contains detailed clinical in...
The prevalence of diagnosed sleep disorders was similar among rural and urban Veterans from FY2010 to 2021 and increased for both groups during this time period. The prevalence of chronic pulmonary di...
Although rural Veterans exhibited a higher prevalence of 3 comorbid conditions associated with sleep disorders, the prevalence of sleep disorder diagnoses was similar between rural and urban Veterans....
United States (US) rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in women, especially gonorrhea and chlamydia, have increased over the past decade. Women Veterans may be at increased risk for STIs due...
To examine patient characteristics and health system factors associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia testing and case rates among women Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in 2019....
We performed a retrospective cohort study of all women Veterans in VHA care between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019....
Women Veteran patients were identified as receiving VHA care if they had at least one inpatient admission or outpatient visit in 2019 or the preceding calendar year....
Among women under age 25, 21.3% were tested for gonorrhea or chlamydia in 2019. After adjusting for demographic and other health factors, correlates of testing in women under age 25 included Black rac...