Social Work in Health Care
Volume 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 85-98

Iraqi Gulf War veteran refugees in the U.S.: PTSD and physical symptoms (Article)

Jamil H.* , Nassar-McMillan S.C. , Salman W.A. , Tahar M. , Jamil L.
  • a Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
  • b North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
  • c Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
  • d 6853 Orchard Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126, United States
  • e Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

Abstract

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. © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Iraqi Veteran Refugee Gulf War

Index Keywords

Persian Gulf syndrome refugee Social Desirability veteran human Refugees Veterans Iraq fibromyalgia Arab United States quality of life Humans male questionnaire clinical article symptom Article health care utilization functional status Questionnaires chronic fatigue syndrome posttraumatic stress disorder Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Gulf War
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33748557256&doi=10.1300%2fJ010v43n04_06&partnerID=40&md5=62b1f3fc8bd4d24a0db2ba3ec3893988
DOI: 10.1300/J010v43n04_06
ISSN: 00981389
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English