Older Female Veterans Not Exempt From #MeToo [medpagetoday.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/2/196:20 PM

By Molly Walker, Medpage Today, September 30, 2019

Military sexual trauma was associated with a wide range of mental health diagnoses, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and suicidal ideation in older female veterans, a researcher said here.

Female veterans, ages ≥55, who screened positive for military sexual trauma had a more than seven-fold increased odds of PTSD (OR 7.25, 95% CI 6.84-7.68), and more than two-fold higher odds of depression (OR 2.39, 95% CI 2.28-2.50) and suicidal ideation (OR 2.42, 95% CI 2.08-2.82), reported Carolyn Gibson, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Health Care System.

Moreover, older female veterans with this type of trauma also reported increased odds of age-related medical conditions, particularly sleep-related disorders.

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