An estimate of the veteran population in England: Based on data from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Woodhead, Charlotte; Sloggett, Andy; Bray, Isabelle; Bradbury, Jason; McManus, Sally; Meltzer, Howard; Brugha, Terry; Jenkins, Rachel; Greenberg, Neil; Wessely, Simon; Fear, Nicola T.

doi:10.1057/pt.2009.47

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“…In its household survey the Royal British Legion estimated that there are 2.83 million veterans living in the UK, accounting for 4.4% of the population (The Royal British Legion, 2014). These figures compare with estimates of 3.6 million derived from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (Woodhead, 2009). On the other hand, the United States (US) has been collecting data on its veterans via the national decennial censuses since 1840 (Richardson & Waldrop, 2003) and the most recent analysis shows that there are 21.8 million veterans in the US (United States Census Bureau, 2015), approximately 6.8% of the overall US population.…”

Section: Educating Nurses To Care For Military Veterans In Civilian Hsupporting

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Educating nurses to care for military veterans in civilian hospitals: An integrated literature review

Cooper

Andrew

Fossey

2016

Nurse Education Today

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Section: Educating Nurses To Care For Military Veterans In Civilian Hsupporting

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Educating nurses to care for military veterans in civilian hospitals: An integrated literature review

Cooper

Andrew

Fossey

2016

Nurse Education Today

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“…It must be noted that there was no way to confirm our identified CRIS veterans, verified by the research team using clinical notes, were true veterans; nor can we be confident of the integrity of the underlying primary data source. However, this is also the case for other EHR datasets, such as the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS); for cohort studies, which require completers to self-report their veteran status [24]; and for hospitals in general. We were careful and deliberate about who to classify as a probable veteran in this study-we read through all clinical notes at least twice and only confirmed veteran status when an explicit statement about the patient serving was reported.…”

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“…Veterans were determined to be of NS era if they were of legal age to be conscripted into the AF between these dates. It was also hypothesised that there may be differences in care needs older veterans [24]. Study Procedure…”

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Identifying Veterans Using Electronic Health Records in the United Kingdom: A Feasibility Study

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There is a lack of quantitative evidence concerning UK (United Kingdom) Armed Forces (AF) veterans who access secondary mental health care services—specialist care often delivered in high intensity therapeutic clinics or hospitals—for their mental health difficulties. The current study aimed to investigate the utility and feasibility of identifying veterans accessing secondary mental health care services using National Health Service (NHS) electronic health records (EHRs) in the UK. Veterans were manually identified using the Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system—a database holding secondary mental health care EHRs for an NHS Trust in the UK. We systematically and manually searched CRIS for veterans, by applying a military-related key word search strategy to the free-text clinical notes completed by clinicians. Relevant data on veterans’ socio-demographic characteristics, mental disorder diagnoses and treatment pathways through care were extracted for analysis. This study showed that it is feasible, although time consuming, to identify veterans through CRIS. Using the military-related key word search strategy identified 1600 potential veteran records. Following manual review, 693 (43.3%) of these records were verified as “probable” veterans and used for analysis. They had a median age of 74 years (interquartile range (IQR): 53–86); the majority were male (90.8%) and lived alone (38.0%). The most common mental diagnoses overall were depressive disorders (22.9%), followed by alcohol use disorders (10.5%). Differences in care pathways were observed between pre and post national service (NS) era veterans. This feasibility study represents a first step in showing that it is possible to identify veterans through free-text clinical notes. It is also the first to compare veterans from pre and post NS era.

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“…In the UK a veteran is defined as an individual who served at least one day in the UK Armed Forces (Dandeker, Iversen, Ross, & Wessely, 2006). It has been estimated that there are 3.8 million veterans living in the UK but that this number is expected to decline in the coming years as veterans from World War Two pass away (Woodhead et al, 2009). Analysis of the 2007 UK Adult Psychiatric Morbidity study reported no significant differences in the mental health of veterans compared to non-veterans in the UK (Woodhead et al, 2011).…”

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Exploring Patterns in Referrals to Combat Stress for Uk Veterans with Mental Health Difficulties between 1994 and 2014

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2015

Int J Emerg Ment Health

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An estimate of the veteran population in England: Based on data from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Cited by 18 publications

References 6 publications

Educating nurses to care for military veterans in civilian hospitals: An integrated literature review

Educating nurses to care for military veterans in civilian hospitals: An integrated literature review

Identifying Veterans Using Electronic Health Records in the United Kingdom: A Feasibility Study

Exploring Patterns in Referrals to Combat Stress for Uk Veterans with Mental Health Difficulties between 1994 and 2014

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