In long-term assessments, personnel reporting high combat exposure have higher odds of screening positive for PTSD and depression than personnel reporting lower exposure¶
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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesisr3·q3·i3large
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i3 Participants reporting high combat exposure had higher odds of screening positive for PTSD than participants reporting lower exposure for long term assessments (OR=3.05). → Bøg M 2018
q3 i1 Participants reporting high combat exposure had higher odds of screening positive for depression than participants reporting lower exposure for long term assessments (OR=1.81). → Bøg M 2018
Evidence¶
Bøg M 2018¶
Bøg M, Filges T, & Jørgensen A.M.K. (2018). Deployment of personnel to military operations: impact on mental health and social functioning. Campbell Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.4073/csr.2018.6
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The review's relative comparison meta-analysis stratified deployed personnel by combat exposure for long-term assessments, finding "participants reporting high combat exposure had higher odds of screening positive for PTSD and depression than participants reporting lower exposure", with the printed ORs.
"Likewise, participants reporting high combat exposure had higher odds of screening positive for PTSD and depression than participants reporting lower exposure for long term assessments (PTSD OR=3.05 (95% CI: 1.94 to 4.80) and OR=1.81 (95% CI: 1.28 to 2.56) for depression)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- The effect of deployment on mental health outcomes does not differ by branch of service or duty/enlistment status — related
- More than 24 months after exposure, deployed personnel have higher odds of screening positive for PTSD, depression, substance use and common mental disorder than non-deployed personnel — related
- At other (variable) time points since exposure, deployed personnel show significantly higher odds of PTSD and depression than non-deployed personnel, while the common mental disorder analysis is inconclusive — related
- Long-term prevalence of post-deployment mental health problems is expected to exceed pre-deployed/non-deployed baseline ranges across all four outcome domains — related
- For assessments taken less than 24 months since exposure, the evidence on deployment effects on mental health is inconclusive — related
- Pooled effect sizes for deployment on mental health are robust across components of methodological quality in sensitivity analyses — related
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deployment-high-combat-exposure-long-term-ptsd-depression |
title |
In long-term assessments, personnel reporting high combat exposure have higher odds of screening positive for PTSD and depression than personnel reporting lower exposure |
description |
In long-term assessments, personnel reporting high combat exposure have higher odds of screening positive for PTSD and depression than personnel reporting lower exposure |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2018 |
recheck_by |
2023 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — bøg-m-2018 |
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