Characterization of Recently Deployed Veterans

Sponsor

Tuscaloosa Research & Education Advancement Corporation (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00451659

Collaborator

(none)

500

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

20.8

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study is a retrospective chart review of recently deployed veterans who served during the Iraq conflicts and were seen at the TVAMC in the outpatient Primary Care outpatient clinic that was recently set-up for newly returning veterans since its inception through July 1, 2005. Identical data will be collected on non-combat veterans that were seen in other primary care clinics at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center during June 2004 and July 1, 2005. This information will be used for comparison with the Iraqi veterans group. The data will be retrieved from a computerized list of these patients. Charts will then be examined to determine sociodemographic, medical, psychiatric, and health care utilization characteristics.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Detailed Description

The information will also be used internally at the TVAMC to better define treatment needs and also used in presentations and possible publications at professional meetings and in journals.

While this study is designed to be hypothesis generating for large prospective studies, we hypothesize that a majority of the recently deployed veterans who served in the Iraq conflict are in need of basic primary health care needs for illnesses that are common place among patients within this age group, except for a higher than expected prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders compared to usual primary care treatment-seeking populations.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Observational Model:

Defined Population

Time Perspective:

Other

Official Title:

Characterization of Recently Deployed Veterans

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2005

Actual Study Completion Date :

Feb 1, 2007

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Male or female patients, any race or ethic origin, at least 19 years of age
Patients must have been seen by a provider in the outpatient Primary Care Clinic that has recently been set-up to serve recently deployed veterans who served during the Iraq conflict