Australian Vietnam Veterans Health Study: Cohort Wave 2

澳大利亚越战退伍军人健康研究：第二波队列

• 批准号: nhmrc : 302007
• 负责人: Dr Brian O'Toole
• 金额: $ 38.36万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/australian-vietnam-veterans-wave-2/94417
• 关键词: Australian; Vietnam; Veterans; Health; Study

Military records show that Australia has committed troops to war since the time of the Boer War, continuing commitments through World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Malaya Emergency, the Vietnam Conflict, the Gulf War, and numerous peacekeeping operations across the world, yet there has never been an epidemiological cohort study that tracked the path of their health and their lives after their return. This study will provide an approximate 10-year followup of an established cohort of Australian Vietnam veterans, which was the first such study ever conducted of returned Australian servicemen. It will test diagnostic stability and chart the trajectory of health and welfare over time in the men and relate this to possible causal determinants including military service, combat deployment and trauma exposure, post traumatic stress disorder and alcohol disorders. It will also allow us to examine the role of their previous health state, determined 10 years ago, in relation to their current health state. Data and methodology from the Australian Bureau of Statistics national surveys on physical and mental health will be incorporated so that comparisons can be made with Australian population data for the study group. Significantly, wave 1 preceded automatic compensation for veterans for cancer and PTSD; provoked the DVA's national survey that led to a $32M government program response; fed into the DVA mental health policy; fed into the Army selection guidelines for overseas service via the Psychology Corps; fed into DVA policy re Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service. Wave 2 will continue this informative process as the cohort ages. This study will provide a firmer basis for treatment of war veterans and others whose lives are visited by trauma, physical ill-health, alcohol disorders, or mental health problems in adulthood.

军事记录显示，自布尔战争以来，澳大利亚一直在向战争派遣部队，并在第一次和第二次世界大战、朝鲜战争、马来亚紧急状态、越南冲突、海湾战争以及世界各地的众多维和行动中继续承担义务，但从未有过一项流行病学队列研究，跟踪他们回国后的健康状况和生活方式。这项研究将提供一个大约10年的后续行动的一个既定队列的澳大利亚越南退伍军人，这是有史以来第一次这样的研究进行了返回澳大利亚军人。它将测试诊断的稳定性，并绘制男性健康和福利随时间变化的轨迹，并将其与可能的因果决定因素联系起来，包括兵役，战斗部署和创伤暴露，创伤后应激障碍和酒精障碍。它还将使我们能够审查10年前确定的他们以前的健康状况相对于他们目前的健康状况的作用。将纳入澳大利亚统计局关于身体和心理健康的全国调查的数据和方法，以便与研究小组的澳大利亚人口数据进行比较。值得注意的是，第一波在退伍军人癌症和创伤后应激障碍的自动补偿之前;引发了DVA的全国调查，导致了3200万美元的政府计划响应;被纳入DVA心理健康政策;通过心理学团被纳入陆军海外服务选拔指南;被纳入DVA政策，重新越南退伍军人咨询服务。第二波将继续这一信息过程中，随着队列年龄的增长。这项研究将为退伍军人和其他生活中受到创伤、身体不健康、酒精障碍或成年后心理健康问题的人的治疗提供更坚实的基础。