Assessment of Deployment-Related Exposures on Risk of Incident Mental Health Diagnoses Among Air Force Critical Care Providers: Nested Case-Control Study.

摘要

A nested case-control study compared cohort members with an incident post-deployment mental health (PDMH) condition (cases, N = 146) with those without a PDMH condition (controls, N = 800) in terms of deployment-related exposures as ascertained using Post-Deployment Health Assessment DD 2796 questionnaire data. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to compute odds ratios. Non-physician career fields, exposure to dead bodies or people killed/wounded, history of a vehicular accident/crash, exposure to sand/dust, exposure to lasers, and use of mission-oriented protective posture (MOPP) overgarments were associated with increased likelihood for a PDMH condition.