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- Title
Long-term participation of Dutch service members with combat-related injury.
- Authors
Kruijff, L G M de; Schröder, C D; Plat, M-C J; Dongen, T T C F van; Hoencamp, R; Wurff, P van der
- Abstract
Background After deployment service members need to adapt to civilian life and return to participation in family, vocational and community life. Aims To assess the level of activity and participation of service members with combat-related injury after their rehabilitation intervention and to measure the effect of injury severity, adaptive coping, number of deployments and traumatic stress. Methods The physical functioning scale of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 PF), the Assessment of Life Habits short version (LIFE-H), the Impact of Event Scale (IES-R) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) were administered to service members who sustained combat-related injury. The Injury Severity Score (ISS) was calculated, and the number of deployments was noted. Correlations were calculated between the LIFE-H and ISS, IES-R, number of deployments and adaptive coping and between the SF-PF and ISS, IES-R, number of deployments and adaptive coping. Results The response rate was 55% (32 service members). A moderate correlation was found between LIFE-H and IES (r = −0.49) and a very weak correlation was found between LIFE-H and injury severity (r = 0.31). No correlation was found between SF-36 PF and ISS, IES, number of deployments or CERQ and between LIFE-H and number of deployments or CERQ. Conclusions A moderate correlation was found between level of participation and traumatic stress in service members with combat-related injury in a 5-year follow-up. Therefore, it is advisable to screen for traumatic stress symptoms and monitor these symptoms during the rehabilitation intervention.
- Subjects
MILITARY personnel; IMPACT of Event Scale; WOUNDS &; injuries; PARTICIPATION
- Publication
Occupational Medicine, 2019, Vol 69, Issue 8/9, p566
- ISSN
0962-7480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/occmed/kqz157