Lower health related quality of life in U.S. military personnel is associated with service-related disorders and inflammation

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-122

  Gill, Jessica ^a   Lee, Hyunhwa ^a   Barr, Taura ^b   Baxter, Tristin ^c   Heinzelmann, Morgan ^a   Rak, Hannah ^a   Mysliwiec, Vincent ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; IL 6; Post traumatic stress disorder; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOLDIER; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895863091     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.046     Document Type: Article

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