• J Trauma Stress · Dec 2011

    Comparative Study

    The psychological impact of deployment on OEF/OIF healthcare providers.

    • Edward J Hickling, Susanne Gibbons, Scott D Barnett, and Dorraine Watts.
    • James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and HSR&D/RR&D Research Center of Excellence, Tampa, FL 33647, USA. Edward.hickling@va.gov
    • J Trauma Stress. 2011 Dec 1;24(6):726-34.

    AbstractThe psychological impact of military experience on healthcare providers has received little attention to date. The 2005 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Personnel was used as a secondary data source, and deployed healthcare officers and healthcare specialists were identified and compared to deployed non-healthcare officers and enlisted personnel: 6,116 respondents were surveyed. Findings revealed clinically significant psychological distress among deployed military healthcare provider respondents including posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, anxiety, and adverse psychosocial impact, more prominent in the deployed healthcare specialist group. Based upon findings, possible factors for resilience and increased risk, as well as potential intervention needs in this healthcare provider group of service members are offered. Implications for future prospective studies are suggested.Published 2011. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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