Table 4.
Most Frequently Expressed Areas of Concern Among Millennium Cohort Study Participants Responding to the Open-Ended Text Question
| Area of Concerna | Total n = 10,214 |
P1 Baseline Responses n = 5,626 |
P1 Follow-up Responses n = 3,297 |
P2 Baseline Responses n = 1,291 |
Related Termsb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Illness/injury | 2,859 | 28.0 | 1,433 | 25.5 | 1,033 | 31.3 | 393 | 30.4 | suffered, recovered, developed |
| Exposure | 1,385 | 13.6 | 887 | 15.8 | 328 | 10.0 | 170 | 13.2 | chemicals, radiation, asbestos |
| Exercise | 1,125 | 11.0 | 613 | 10.9 | 391 | 11.9 | 121 | 9.4 | walking, biking, vigorous |
| Back pain | 903 | 8.8 | 482 | 8.6 | 313 | 9.5 | 108 | 8.4 | discs, herniation, lumbar |
| Deployment regions/concerns | 780 | 7.6 | 399 | 7.1 | 275 | 8.3 | 106 | 8.2 | Bosnia, barracks, DU |
| Arm | 754 | 7.4 | 465 | 8.3 | 225 | 6.8 | 64 | 5.0 | elbow, pronate, grip |
| Mental health | 735 | 7.2 | 385 | 6.8 | 240 | 7.3 | 110 | 8.5 | emotional, interpersonal, anxiety |
| Weight concerns | 647 | 6.3 | 354 | 6.3 | 206 | 6.3 | 87 | 6.7 | lose, dieting, obesity |
| Vaccination | 459 | 4.5 | 299 | 5.3 | 114 | 3.5 | 46 | 3.6 | VAERS, influenza, boosters |
| Anxiety/disorientation | 355 | 3.5 | 185 | 3.3 | 117 | 3.6 | 53 | 4.1 | shortness, sweating, tiredness |
| Surgery | 212 | 2.1 | 124 | 2.2 | 55 | 1.7 | 33 | 2.6 | removed, tape, wrapped |
aParticipants were able to provide a response in more than one area at multiple time points
bExample terms included in the same cluster that is described by the Area of Concern