Health status among 28,000 women veterans - The VA women's health program evaluation project
Health status among 28,000 women veterans - The VA women's health program evaluation project
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00373.x
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Skinner, KM
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作者：
Frayne, SM;Parker, VA;Skinner, KM
背景：接受退伍军人健康管理局（VA）护理的男性退伍军人的健康状况比一般人群中的男性更差。对女性退伍军人VA患者的健康状况知之甚少，这是一个快速增长的人群。目的：描述不同年龄组女性（与男性）退伍军人VA患者的健康状况，并评估社会支持对健康状况影响的性别差异。设计和患者：数据来自1999年全国退伍军人登记者大型健康调查（应答率63%），包括28,048名妇女和651,811名男子谁使用VA在前3年。社会支持（已婚，有生活安排，有人带病人看医生）。结果：在每个年龄层（18至44岁、45至64岁和>= 65岁）、身体健康总评（PCS）和心理健康总评（MCS）评分按性别在临床上具有可比性，但年龄>= 65岁的人除外，女性的平均MCS好于男性（49.3 vs 45.9，P
Background: Male veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration (VA) care have worse health than men in the general population. Less is known about health status in women veteran VA patients, a rapidly growing population.Objective: To characterize health status of women (vs men) veteran VA patients across age cohorts, and assess gender differences in the effect of social support upon health status.Design and Patients: Data came from the national 1999 Large Health Survey of Veteran Enrollees (response rate 63%) and included 28,048 women and 651,811 men who used VA in the prior 3 years.Measurements: Dimensions of health status from validated Veterans Short Form-36 instrument; social support (married, living arrangement, have someone to take patient to the doctor).Results: In each age stratum (18 to 44, 45 to 64, and >= 65 years), Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores were clinically comparable by gender, except that for those aged >= 65, mean MCS was better for women than men (49.3 vs 45.9, P