OBJECTIVE To examine the circumstances surrounding weapon injury and combatant status of those injured by weapons. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Northwestern Cambodia after departure of United Nations peacekeeping force. SUBJECTS 863 people admitted to hospital for weapon injuries over 12 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Annual incidence of weapon injury by time period; proporti...

Health status of soldiers affects their quality of life and combat readiness. The aim of the research was to explore the differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between combat ready und unready soldiers and to what extent are clinically assessed combat readiness and psychological dimensions related to self-reported HRQoL. The study included 402 consecutively selected soldiers aged...

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common psychiatric disorder among service members and veterans. The clinical course of PTSD varies between individuals, and patterns of symptom development have yet to be clearly delineated. Previous studies have been limited by convenience sampling, short follow-up periods, and the inability to account for combat-related trauma. To determine the trajec...

OBJECTIVE To examine the descriptive epidemiology of weapon injuries not directly attributable to combat during armed conflict. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Nangarhar region of Afghanistan, which experienced effective peace, intense fighting, and then peace over six months in 1996. SUBJECTS 608 people admitted to Jalalabad hospital because of weapon injuries. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

BACKGROUND Dissociation is a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal, subjective integration of one or more aspects of psychological functioning, including memory, identity, consciousness, perception, and motor control. A limited number of studies investigated combat-related dissociation. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dissociative sy...

The purpose of this study is to numerically derive the combat effect intangible power on battlefield and confirm importance components derived effect. Nearly half defense spending used every year improve capabilities for construction tangible forces, but expenditure forces insignificant. reason why it passive in building that can be identified as a numerical value, increase or decrease cannot i...

OBJECTIVE To describe the perceptions of training and deployment preparation and combat experiences and exposures of U.S. Army combat medics. METHODS Data were from the first year of a 3-year longitudinal study designed to assess the impact of combat on the behavioral health and resilience of 347 combat medics surveyed 3 to 6 months after returning from a 12-month deployment to Operation Endu...

OBJECTIVE Studies have shown a relationship between combat experiences and alcohol misuse in military personnel; it is not known if there are specific combat experiences that confer a greater risk. The current study examined the association of specific types of combat experiences with a positive screen for alcohol misuse. METHODS 1120 U.S. soldiers who were members of brigade combat infantry ...

The aim of this study was to compare time-motion indicators during judo matches performed by athletes from different age groups. The following age groups were analysed: Pre-Juvenile (13-14 years, n = 522), Juvenile (15-16 years, n = 353); Junior (19 years, n = 349) and Senior (>20 years, n = 587). The time-motion indicators included: Total Combat Time, Standing Combat Time, Displacement Without...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) gene, combat exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis and among two samples of combat-exposed veterans. METHOD The first sample included 550 non-Hispanic Black (NHB) combat-exposed veterans. The second sample included 555 non-Hispanic White (NHW) combat-exposed vete...