Roberto J Rona

..We assessed the characteristics of self-perception of health (SPH) in relation to psychological distress and physical symptoms, and willingness of servicemen to see their Medical Officer (MO) by their SPH rating...

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..To assess the relation between frequency and duration of deployment of UK armed forces personnel on mental health...

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..The aims of this study were to assess changes in psychological symptoms in military women over time, to compare them with men, and assess the effect of deployment...

..To assess whether screening for mental disorder before the start of the 2003 Iraq war would have predicted subsequent mental disorders...

..To assess whether alcohol misuse was associated with functional impairment in the military, and whether an association between any of the measures of alcohol misuse and impairment would be explained by psychiatric comorbidity...

..Functional impairment is a serious problem for those with PTSD. The impairment is not confined to those with the highest PCL-score. Avoidance/numbing is the criterion which makes the greatest independent contribution to impairment...

..Body Mass Index (BMI) does not distinguish between fat-free mass and fat mass, yet this distinction is important as a clinical tool, especially in the military and occupations for which physical fitness is important...

..The authors concluded that combat exposure and group cohesion have an effect on mental health outcomes independent of previous mental health status, which explains why screening prior to deployment is ineffective...

..The pattern of associations and the attributable fractions (AF) of atopic conditions due to specific sensitizations vary between countries...

..Deployment to the 2003 Iraq War was associated with ill health in reserve armed forces personnel...

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..This study demonstrated a small "healthy warrior effect"; persons with better psychological health had a higher chance of being deployed, even after adjustment for predeployment medical fitness...

..We describe our use of criminal records to investigate the effect of deployment, combat, and post-deployment mental health problems on violent offending among military personnel relative to pre-existing risk factors...

..The aim of this study was to compare the burden of mental ill health in deployed medics with all other trades during the Iraq war...

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..Adjustment for rank had negligible effect on level of association between job strain and psychological symptoms. Reported job strain and rank contributed independently to psychological symptoms...

..UK armed forces personnel who took part in the 1991 Gulf war experienced an increase in symptomatic ill health, colloquially known as Gulf war syndrome. Speculation about an Iraq war syndrome has already started...

..We investigated using subjective and objective assessments whether untreated asthma is associated with final height, leg length and sitting height to leg length ratio in an area of Chile in which almost no one received asthma treatment...

..We examined the consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the mental health of UK armed forces from 2003 to 2009, the effect of multiple deployments, and time since return from deployment...

..For armed forces personnel, data on help-seeking behaviour and receipt of treatment for mental disorders are important for both research and policy...

..It suggests that the threshold for reporting symptoms has decreased and cannot be explained by psychological distress. The possible implication of this trend for medical practice in the wider population deserves close scrutiny...

..Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for service personnel from the United Kingdom (UK). Little is known about the pattern of risky driving by these service personnel...

..With the exception of intrusive thoughts, there is insufficient evidence to suggest predeployment psychological status would be useful in correcting for recall bias in subsequent cross-sectional studies...

..As the military is a profession at high risk of occupational psychiatric injury, understanding barriers to help-seeking is a priority...

..The compulsory nature of national service sets these veterans apart from younger veterans...

..Many factors contribute to the persistence of PTSD but none alone is useful for clinical prediction...

..To examine patterns of drinking in the UK Armed Forces, how they vary according to gender and other demographics, and to make comparisons with the general population...

..We assessed, in the UK forces, if the differences in rates based on last deployment can be explained by differences in deployment length, given that US forces deploy for approximately twice as long as UK forces...

..The findings provide evidence that for some people, the policy to increase confidence in the anthrax vaccination program may have led to a decrease in levels of trust...

..To assess any health consequences of the anthrax vaccination programme in UK Armed Forces deployed to Iraq...

..Leaving the military or experiencing relationship breakdown was not associated...

..This study examines perceptions among UK military personnel with regard to rewarding and unrewarding aspects of deployment in Iraq...

..To assess the risk factors of obesity in terms of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference in the UK Armed Forces...

..To assess the prevalence of obesity in the United Kingdom military and general population and the extent to which self-reported data underestimates obesity...

..To assess the prevalence of psychological symptoms during periods of relatively low deployment activity and the factors associated with each psychological health outcome...

..To assess the importance of service demographic, mental disorders, and deployment factors on headache severity and prevalence, and to assess the impact of headache on functional impairment...

..This disagreement will affect an assessment of whether patient expectations of care were met, and may itself be influenced by fulfillment of expectations...

..For etiologic studies of asthma, it may contribute to the lack of consistency between different studies analyzing the same etiologic exposures...

..We examine parents' beliefs and management of childhood asthma that possibly contribute to their greater use of hospital services...

..There is uncertainty about the prevalence of food allergy in communities...

..The objective of this study was to assess the factors associated with stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (ENND) and the suitability of the available databases in a health authority with one of the highest rates in the country...

..We tried to explain why a marked decrease in birthweight of 122 g occurred over a 15-year period in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil...

..We studied the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and asthma symptoms, severity of asthma, atopy, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to methacholine...

..Our study showed a remarkable decrease in the differences in birthweight by educational level not shown in other countries of similar wealth...

..A precise knowledge of the prevalence and importance of cardiovascular risk factors will facilitate the development of preventive strategies...

..An explanation of the etiology of atopic conditions based on the hygiene hypothesis remains controversial...

..We assessed the effects of indoor risk factors, including smoking, on different types of cough and on cough and wheeze in combination...

..There is uncertainty regarding the prevalence of allergies to plant food...