Table 2.
Association between mental health outcomes and deployment status stratified by regular/reservist status
| Regulars | Reservists | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not deployed, n (%) (n = 2060, 36.6%) | Deployed,a
n (%) (n = 4525, 63.4%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratiob (95% CI) | Not deployed, n (%) (n = 596, 51.2%) | Deployed,a
n (%) (n = 912, 48.8%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
Adjusted odds ratiob (95% CI) | |
| Common mental disorders | 443 (21.3) | 961 (22.0) | 1.04 (0.89–1.21) | 1.01 (0.86–1.19) | 106 (18.8) | 229 (27.5) | 1.64 (1.20–2.25) | 1.75 (1.26–2.44) |
| Probable PTSD | 104 (5.2) | 245 (6.9) | 1.34 (1.00–1.78) | 1.41 (1.04–1.90) | 15 (3.2) | 53 (6.9) | 2.25 (1.14–4.46) | 2.48 (1.20–5.16) |
| Alcohol misuse | 158 (8.3) | 461 (11.4) | 1.42 (1.13–1.78) | 1.25 (0.99–1.57) | 28 (5.5) | 86 (9.9) | 1.88 (1.11–3.21) | 1.74 (1.01–3.01) |
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.
a.
To Iraq and/or Afghanistan.
b.
Adjusted for age (continuous), gender, marital status, educational status, service, rank.