COVID-19 Concerns, Information Needs, and  Adverse Mental Health Outcomes among U.S. Soldiers

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 concerns and information needs were prevalent and showed little evidence of decrement over the course of the first 6 months of the pandemic. COVID-19 concerns were consistently associated with adverse mental health outcomes. These data highlight two targets and potential demographic subgroups such that local leadership and Army medicine and public health enterprises can be better prepared to monitor and address to maintain force health and readiness in the face of possible future biomedical threats.PMID:37715687 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usad350

Source: Military Medicine - September 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Phillip J Quartana Matthew R Beymer Stephanie A Q Gomez Amy B Adler Theresa Jackson Santo Jeffrey L Thomas Amy Millikan Bell Source Type: research