A comprehensive searchable repository providing access to international evidence and reports about the Armed Forces community. Updated each month using robust methodology, the repository can be used confidently by all to identify and access relevant evidence. A user-friendly search tool is available to support your research needs and includes the ability to specify key words, themes, author, year of publication, country of origin, methods used, and whether items have been peer reviewed.
Abstract: Background: To expand veterans' access to health care, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Connected Care explored a novel software feature called "Vitals" on its VA …
Abstract: Importance: Major surgery sometimes involves long recovery or even permanent institutionalization. Little is known about long-term trajectories of postoperative recovery, …
Abstract: Objective: To investigate family planning amongst military service members identifying as LGBTQ+. Materials and methods: We developed a survey using a modified Delphi …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Social risks (individual social and economic conditions) have been implicated as playing a major role in the opioid epidemic and may be more prevalent in the …
Abstract: Objectives: This retrospective cohort study examined clinically diagnosed insomnia and sleep apnea and analyzed associations with deployment and combat exposure in …
Abstract: The development of Long COVID is a complex disease process that may be partially driven by neuroinflammation. Antipsychotics have been shown to exert neuroprotective …
Abstract: Millions of United States (U.S.) troops deployed to the Middle East and Southwest Asia were exposed to toxic airborne hazards and/or open-air burn pits. Burn pit …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Although health information is widely available to the Norwegian population a lack of health literacy is still common and considered a public health …
Abstract: Background: Due to their mechanism of action, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) carry a presumed increased risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) which …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) was created as a brief clinical screening tool for identifying vestibular and ocular motor symptoms and …
Abstract: Introduction: Only 53% of American adults receive influenza vaccination, and disparities in vaccination exist among particular racial and ethnic groups. This study …
Abstract: Introduction: Improvements in combat casualty care have increased survival rates, but these patients are at particular risk of developing multiple organ failure (MOF). We …