在不同生命阶段的退伍军人创伤暴露患病率中存在性别和种族差异
Fernanda S Rossi1,2, Yael I Nillni3,4, Alexandria N Miller3
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. fsrossi@stanford.edu.
Injury epidemiology
|February 3, 2025
概括
在不同的退伍军人群体中,创伤暴露有很大差异,包括根据种族,性别和生命阶段. 了解这些差异对于为所有退伍军人提供有针对性的心理健康支持至关重要.
科学领域:
- 退伍军人的健康 退伍军人的健康
- 创伤研究的研究.
- 在健康方面存在差异.
背景情况:
- 退伍军人面临更高的创伤暴露风险.
- 关于退伍军人的创伤患病率根据种族,性别,种族和生命阶段存在有限的研究.
- 这项研究考察了退伍军人人口中不同的人口统计和生活阶段群体的创伤暴露.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较男性和女性退伍军人中各种创伤暴露的患病率.
- 分析基于种族身份 (白人,黑人,西班牙裔) 的创伤暴露差异.
- 通过三个不同的生命阶段来调查创伤暴露:军事前,军事服役期间和军事服役后.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自3,544名退伍军人的调查数据 (2018年8月-2022年3月).
- 在高犯罪率地区过度抽样妇女和退伍军人.
- 在每一个生命阶段,使用奇方位分析来比较各个性别和民族种族群体的创伤患病率.
主要成果:
- 在性别,种族群体及其交叉点之间发现了创伤暴露的显著差异.
- 黑人男性退伍军人报告了比白人男性退伍军人更高的亲密伴侣身体攻击服务前和后.
- 与黑人和西班牙裔女性退伍军人相比,白人女性退伍军人不太可能在服务前目睹暴力死亡.
结论:
- 该研究强调了退伍军人子组中创伤暴露的显著差异.
- 调查结果强调了需要量身定制的心理健康和预防服务.
- 有信息的干预可以更好地满足退伍军人的各种需求,跨越他们的生命周期.
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