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Table 3.

Health and Performance of Military and/or VA Women: General Overview of Published Literature

TOPIC (# articles)	Sample Size Ranges^*	Study Characteristics	Selected Findings
Sexual assault and PTSD (N=22)	52–30, 865	Subjects from multiple war eras	Compared to non-Gulf war men and women, Gulf War veterans had 3 × the risk of PTSD and 4.8 × the risk of chronic fatigue syndrome⁴⁸
		All survey studies	Alcohol abuse potentiated the effect of sexual trauma on mental illness⁴⁹
Health needs and utilization (N=9)	41–5, 483	Most evaluate samples from multiple war eras	Women's health needs during the Gulf War were similar to men's with the exception of gynecologic problems, and 79% sought care for at least 1 gender-specific condition⁵^,⁵⁰
			More than half of both younger and older female veteran samples reported current health status as good to excellent⁵¹
Mental health and homelessness (N=6)	68–3, 480	All survey studies	Using various community samples, 1.3% to 4.4% of homeless women are veterans⁵²^,⁵³
		2 evaluate homeless populations	Women veterans at a VA women's health center had high rates of depression, anxiety, and trauma exposure⁵⁴

Sample size ranges refer to the number of women included in studies. Studies of men and women may have larger total sample sizes.