Iraqi Gulf War veteran refugees in the U.S.: PTSD and physical symptoms.
Author: Jamil H, Nassar McMillan SC, Salman WA, Tahar M, Jamil LH
Source:
Social Work in Health Care, 43(4), 85-98.
Veterans of the Gulf War present various symptoms and maladies. Reports by
governmental and private entities have yielded mixed results and have been
fraught with criticisms of biased research design. The vast majority of these
studies have focused on U.S. veterans, with a much smaller number focusing upon
British veterans. Very few have examined Iraqi Gulf War veterans. Our study
involves administering a health issues questionnaire to a sample of Iraqi Gulf
War veteran refugees in the U.S. Results indicate relationships between
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) scores and health outcome measures of
chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, functional status, quality of life, and health
care utilization in terms of frequency and level of intensity. Implications for
further inquiry are presented