Table 4.
The association between having an illness or injury event on OpEDAR whilst deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan and subsequent mental health problems in UK Army personnel, where injuries and illnesses are categorised by disposal type
| |
Alcohol Misuse |
Fair to Poor GeneralHealth |
Probable PTSD |
Common Mental Disorders |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Prevalence |
Unadjusted OR |
Adjusted OR* |
Prevalence |
Unadjusted OR |
Adjusted OR* |
Prevalence |
Unadjusted OR |
Adjusted OR* |
Prevalence |
Unadjusted OR |
Adjusted OR* |
|
| n (%) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | n (%) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | n (%) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | n (%) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||
|
No event on OpEDAR |
518/3312 |
1 |
1 |
367/3346 |
1 |
1 |
139/3330 |
1 |
1 |
633/3324 |
1 |
1 |
|
| |
|
(17.5) |
(10.4) |
(4.3) |
(19.2) |
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|
Illness |
Returned to unit |
9/73 |
0.74 (0.36-1.53) |
0.78 (0.35-1.72) |
15/74 |
1.94 (1.08-3.49) |
1.79 (0.99-3.23) |
7/75 |
2.00 (0.89-4.45) |
1.58 (0.67-3.73) |
22/74 |
1.74 (1.03-2.92) |
1.57 (0.94-2.65) |
| |
|
(13.6) |
P=0.422 |
P=0.542 |
(18.5) |
P=0.027 |
P=0.052 |
(8.3) |
P=0.091 |
P=0.292 |
(29.3) |
P=0.037 |
P=0.087 |
| |
Admitted |
24/149 |
1.06 (0.66-1.70) |
1.11 (0.68-1.81) |
27/151 |
1.53 (0.98-2.37) |
1.51 (0.96-2.37) |
6/149 |
0.78 (0.34-1.82) |
0.59 (0.25-1.41) |
47/148 |
1.75 (1.21-2.54) |
1.49 (1.01-2.20) |
| |
|
(18.3) |
P=0.819 |
P=0.672 |
(15.1) |
P=0.059 |
P=0.077 |
(3.4) |
P=0.573 |
P=0.239 |
(29.4) |
P=0.003 |
P=0.045 |
| |
Medically evacuated |
4/37 |
0.61 (0.21-1.81) |
0.75 (0.23-2.51) |
11/38 |
3.97 (1.89-8.32) |
3.82 (1.78-8.23) |
6/38 |
4.92 (1.88-1.82) |
4.39 (1.60-12.07) |
15/38 |
3.00 (1.50-6.00) |
2.79 (1.41-5.51) |
| |
|
(11.5) |
P=0.375 |
P=0.644 |
(31.6) |
P<0.001 |
P=0.001 |
(18.3) |
P=0.001 |
P=0.004 |
(41.6) |
P=0.002 |
P=0.003 |
|
Injury |
Returned to unit |
27/155 |
1.13 (0.73-1.75) |
1.22 (0.78-1.91) |
15/156 |
0.86 (0.49-1.51) |
0.89 (0.51-1.57) |
9/155 |
1.23 (0.60-2.52) |
1.18 (0.57-2.47) |
37/153 |
1.24 (0.83-1.85) |
1.20 (0.79-1.80) |
| |
|
(19.3) |
P=0.594 |
P=0.390 |
(9.1) |
P=0.597 |
P=0.695 |
(5.3) |
P=0.571 |
P=0.654 |
(22.8) |
P=0.286 |
P=0.392 |
| |
Admitted |
11/47 |
1.80 (0.89-3.63) |
1.78 (0.89-3.58) |
6/47 |
1.13 (0.46-2.80) |
1.27 (0.50-3.24) |
4/47 |
2.34 (0.80-6.79) |
1.79 (0.60-5.34) |
13/45 |
1.63 (0.83-3.19) |
1.52 (0.76-3.02) |
| |
|
(27.6) |
P=0.101 |
P=0.104 |
(11.6) |
P=0.789 |
P=0.621 |
(9.6) |
P=0.119 |
P=0.296 |
(27.9) |
P=0.160 |
P=0.237 |
| |
Medically evacuated |
9/49 |
1.45 (0.69-3.06) |
1.23 (0.61-2.46) |
16/50 |
3.56 (1.90-6.68) |
3.88 (2.01-7.48) |
8/50 |
5.00 (2.24-11.2) |
4.27 (1.80-10.12) |
14/50 |
1.65 (0.86-3.16) |
1.51 (0.76-2.97) |
| (23.6) | P=0.326 | P=0.567 | (29.3) | P<0.001 | P<0.001 | (18.5) | P<0.001 | P=0.001 | (28.2) | P=0.134 | P=0.235 | ||
*Adjusted for age, sex, rank, engagement status, traumatic deployment experiences and marital status.
Number of missing values ranges from 34–74.