Army research needs for automated neuropsychological tests: Monitoring soldier health and performance status☆

Friedl, Karl E.; Grate, Stephen J.; Proctor, Susan P.; Ness, James W.; Lukey, Brian J.; Kane, Robert L

doi:10.1016/j.acn.2006.10.002

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“…On the other hand, military personnels practice lifestyle habits similar to the general population which may predispose them to CVD, such as smoking, alcohol intake, and sedentary lifestyle habits. Recently, studies have demonstrated a trend toward increasing hypertensive disease among KDF consistent with other military personnel [12–14] globally. The causation may be multifactorial including occupation-related stress, a potentially important cardiovascular risk factor [15–17].…”

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confidence: 58%

Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces

Mundan

Muiva

Kimani

2013

ISRN Preventive Medicine

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Background. Hypertensive disease is increasing in developing countries due to nutritional transition and westernization. Hypertensive disease among Kenya military may be lower because of health-focused recruitment, physical activities, routine checkups, and health awareness and management, but the disease has been increasing. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine physiological, behavioral, and dietary characteristics associated with hypertension among Kenyan military. Methods. A cross-sectional study involving 340 participants was conducted at Armed Forces Memorial Hospital. Participants' history, risk factors assessment, and dietary patterns were obtained by structured questionnaire, while physiological and anthropometric parameters were measured. Results. Hypertensive participants were likely to have higher age, physiological, and anthropometric measurements, and they participated in peace missions. Daily alcohol and smoking, frequent red meat, and inadequate fruits and vegetables were associated with hypertension. Conclusions. The findings mimic the main risk factors and characteristics for hypertensive disease in developed countries whose lifestyle adoption is happening fast in low and middle-income countries. Whether or not prediction rules and/or risk scores may identify at-risk individuals for preventive strategy for targeted behavioral interventions among this population require investigation.

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confidence: 58%

Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces

Mundan

Muiva

Kimani

2013

ISRN Preventive Medicine

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“…Starting forceful military service at the age of 18 years old is stressful for adolescent soldiers, and there is a comprehensive report on the record of mental illnesses in terms of their diagnosis, treatment, and symptomatology at the same time (2)(3)(4). The slur of mental disease disheartens young soldiers from reporting signs of disease and from getting help (5).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The second stage is becoming adjusted to the contradictory conditions of combat or the risk of war (2). Reportedly, people who are emotionally competent facilitate confronting challenges expanding their mental healthfamily illness were found to be associated with emotional reactions (9).…”

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Effects of a Two-Month Training Period on Soldiers’ General Health, Social Physique Anxiety, and Body Mass Index

Dehghanizade

Najafipour

2016

J Arch Mil Med

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Background: Changes in the environment and living conditions are associated with changes in physical and cognitive functions. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a two-month military service period on soldiers' general health, social physique anxiety, and body mass index. Materials and Methods:The sample included all soldiers in Isfahan's army garrison training period. A 28-item questionnaire on general health, a social physique anxiety questionnaire (Hart et al. 1989) that measured the social physical anxiety and the ratio of weight to the height square calculating body mass index. Results:The results of the paired t-test showed that there were significant differences in pre-test and post-test scores on the general health aspects of anxiety and social physique anxiety and there were no significant differences in other aspects of soldiers' general health and body mass index. This suggests that the two-month training period affects only the variables of anxiety (anxiety, insomnia, and social physique anxiety). Conclusions:The findings showed that the military training period can significantly affect anxiety, but it cannot affect the health and body mass index.

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“…The management of fatigue is an important issue in society and there is increasing interest in the development of objective non-invasive systems that can be used to assist the identification and management of fatigue in both health and workplace settings (e.g., military operations, extended hours performed by medical workers) (Gaba and Howard, 2002;Maruff et al, 2005;Friedl et al, 2007). Assessment of the acoustic properties of speech provides reliable insight into damage and injury to the central nervous system (CNS), as speech often changes as a function of variety of insults, including neuromuscular degenerative disease (Josephs et al, 2006;Folker et al, 2010) or brain injury (Ziegler et al, 1993).…”

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Acoustic analysis of the effects of sustained wakefulness on speech

Vogel¹,

Fletcher²,

Maruff³

2010

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Exposing healthy adults to extended periods of wakefulness is known to induce changes in psychomotor functioning [Maruff et al. (2005). J. Sleep Res. 14, 21-27]. The effect of fatigue on speech is less well understood. To date, no studies have examined the pitch and timing of neurologically healthy individuals over 24 h of sustained wakefulness. Therefore, speech samples were systematically acquired (e.g., every 4 h) from 18 healthy adults over 24 h. Stimuli included automated and extemporaneous speech tasks, sustained vowel, and a read passage. Measures of timing, frequency and spectral energy were derived acoustically using PRAAT and significant changes were observed on all tasks. The effect of fatigue on speech was found to be strongest just before dawn (after 22 h). Specifically, total speech time, mean pause length, and total signal time all increased as a function of increasing levels of fatigue on the reading tasks; percentage pause and mean pause length decreased on the counting task; F4 variation decreased on the sustained vowel tasks /a:/; and alpha ratio increased on the extemporaneous speech tasks. These findings suggest that acoustic methodologies provide objective data on central nervous system functioning and that changes in speech production occur in healthy adults after just 24 h of sustained wakefulness.

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Army research needs for automated neuropsychological tests: Monitoring soldier health and performance status☆

Cited by 40 publications

References 33 publications

Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces

Physiological, Behavioral, and Dietary Characteristics Associated with Hypertension among Kenyan Defence Forces

Effects of a Two-Month Training Period on Soldiers’ General Health, Social Physique Anxiety, and Body Mass Index

Acoustic analysis of the effects of sustained wakefulness on speech

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