自杀暴露对9/11后退伍军人的心理健康结果的影响:解释性,序列性,混合方法研究协议
Nina A Sayer1,2,3, David B Nelson1,3, Jaimie L Gradus4
1Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|September 26, 2023
概括
暴露于自杀死亡是退伍军人精神健康问题的重要危险因素. 这项研究检查了自杀暴露的情况.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 退伍军人研究 退伍军人研究
背景情况:
- 自杀的影响超越了个体,影响了幸存者.
- 退伍军人自杀是一个关键问题,对自杀暴露作为危险因素的研究有限.
- 这项研究探讨了在9/11后退伍军人中自杀暴露的研究不足的领域.
研究的目的:
- 描述与9/11后退伍军人的自杀暴露相关的心理健康结果.
- 为了确定影响自杀暴露后持续精神健康问题的因素.
- 为了检查女性和美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民退伍军人的结果.
主要方法:
- 一个解释性的,顺序的,混合方法研究,使用全国代表性的9/11后退伍军人样本.
- 在三个波段收集数据:调查 (N=11,400),扩展调查 (N=4500) 和定性访谈 (N=32).
- 使用调查,采访和VA行政数据来评估暴露,心理健康结果 (PTSD,长期悲伤,自杀念头) 和医疗保健使用情况.
主要成果:
- 这是关于退伍军人自杀暴露的首个全国性,基于人口的研究,检查了性别和种族差异.
- 这项研究旨在区分自杀暴露的影响与其他突然死亡暴露的影响.
- 这些发现将有助于理解自杀暴露对退伍军人的心理健康和寻求帮助行为的独特贡献.
结论:
- 整合多样化的数据来源将填补关于退伍军人的自杀暴露影响的关键知识空白.
- 这项研究将为为受自杀影响的个人开发有针对性的干预措施奠定基础.
- 特别关注女性和美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民退伍军人将为文化敏感的支持策略提供信息.
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