The impact of symptom burden on the health status of service members with extremity trauma

• Published in: Nursing outlook Vol. 65; no. 5; pp. S61 - S70
• Main Authors: Young-McCaughan, Stacey, Bingham, Mona O., Vriend, Catherine A., Inman, Alice W., Gaylord, Kathryn M., Miaskowski, Christine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Active duty military personnel; Adult; Amputation - psychology; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology; Combat; Cost of Illness; Depression; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Female; Health Status; Humans; Leg Injuries - psychology; Male; Middle Aged; Military Personnel; Nursing; Pain; Sleep disturbance; Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology; Trauma; Young Adult; Sleep disturbance; Active duty military personnel; Pain; Combat; Depression; Anxiety; Trauma

Service members injured in combat undergo repeated surgeries and long recoveries following a traumatic injury that produce a myriad of physical and psychological symptoms. To describe the severity of pain, sleep disturbance, depression, and anxiety in service members with extremity trauma sustained...