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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

From: What are the effects of having an illness or injury whilst deployed on post deployment mental health? A population based record linkage study of UK Army personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan

 

Alcohol Misuse

Fair to Poor General Health

Probable PTSD

Common Mental Disorders

 

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)

  

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

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, rank, engagement status, traumatic deployment experiences and marital status.
  2. Number of missing values ranges from 34–74.