Table 2.
Measures examined for association with Family Study response – not included in final response propensity model
| Service Member Characteristica | |
|---|---|
| Health behaviours | |
| Daily number of caffeinated beverages | |
| Physical health indices | |
| VR-36 physical component scoreb | |
| Insomnia severity | |
| Mental health indices | |
| Major depression disorderb | |
| PTSD symptoms using the specific criteriab | |
| Posttraumatic growth | |
| Self-mastery | |
| Substance use | |
| Potential alcohol dependenceb | |
| Smoking statusb | |
| Treatment | |
| Days hospitalized because of illness or injury | |
| Stress and relationship issues | |
| Difficulties with spouse or partnerb | |
| Little or no sexual desire/pleasure during sex | |
| Stress at work, outside the home, or at school | |
| Trauma | |
| Physically hurt or unwanted sexual act |
aSignificant at the p < 0.0001 level
bIndicates measures that were held out of stepwise selection process for purposes of model validation (see text for further description)
Note: We examined several additional variables, but they did not remain significant in the non-response propensity model and were somewhat duplicative of variables presented here, thus were not included in the table. These variables included: Panel 4 questionnaire mode; number of daily sedentary hours; anxiety; PTSD; alcohol-related problems; current tobacco use (not cigarettes); use of psychiatric medication; history of complementary and alternative medicine treatment; stress of taking care of family; number of lifetime stressful events