Veterans and chronic pain

Gauntlett‐Gilbert, Jeremy; Wilson, Sarah

doi:10.1177/2049463713482082

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“…A strength of the study is that it examined findings among study participants who had PTSD as well as those who did not. As has been stated, chronic pain is highly comorbid with PTSD [ 4 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Another strength is assessment of multiple outcomes that are comorbid with chronic pain, although the primary focus of the paper was on PTSD.…”

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Literature Review of Research on Chronic Pain and Yoga in Military Populations

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Background: Although yoga is increasingly being provided to active duty soldiers and veterans, studies with military populations are limited and effects on chronic pain are largely unknown. We reviewed the existing body of literature and provide recommendations for future research. Methods: We conducted a literature review of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Science, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Social Science & Humanities). The studies were reviewed for characteristics such as mean age of participants, sample size, yoga type, and study design. Only peer-reviewed studies were included in the review. Results: The search yielded only six studies that examined pain as an outcome of yoga for military populations. With one exception, studies were with veteran populations. Only one study was conducted with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans. One study was a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Four of the five studies remaining used pre/post design, while the last study used a post-only design. Conclusions: Studies on the use of yoga to treat chronic pain in military populations are in their infancy. Methodological weaknesses include small sample sizes, a lack of studies with key groups (active duty, OEF/IEF veterans), and use of single group uncontrolled designs (pre/post; post only) for all but one study. Future research is needed to address these methodological limitations and build on this small body of literature.

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“…Complicating treatment of chronic pain is its co-occurrence with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [ 4 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Estimates of co-occurring chronic pain and PSTD range from 10% to 97% [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

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Literature Review of Research on Chronic Pain and Yoga in Military Populations

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“…Research shows that the consequences of post-traumatic stress extend beyond the victim's everyday life, resulting in health problems and problems with social relationships [6][7][8]. Characteristic of post-traumatic stress is the inability to cope with negative emotions and anxiety disorders, which disturbs everyday functioning in post-deployed service members, but it then turns out that individual veterans display very different reactions to fear-inducing situations.…”

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Forms of expressing anger in hospitalised Ukrainian post-deployed™ service members

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Wąsik²,

Tsos³

et al. 2018

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. Military actions and injuries sustained make returning to ordinary life and everyday routine a challenge which soldiers need to face. Research on this subject shows that the consequences of post-traumatic stress extends further, beyond the victim's everyday life, resulting in health problems and problems with social relationships. Objective. The aim was to gather knowledge of the ways of expressing anger in a group of hospitalized Ukrainian postdeployed servicemen. A research study was conducted concentrating on the two forms of managing anger, i.e. releasing or suppressing anger, and posing the following question: 'How are they manifested in the hospitalized Ukrainian combat veterans? Materials and method. The study included 35 hospitalized soldiers who had taken part in military operations in Ukraine (age: 34.61±9.23; age range: 21-56 years of age). The research was conducted in the hospitals in Lutsk. Measurements were conducted with the use of certified psychological tests, i.e. Anger Expression Scale (AES), medical documentation and oral reports given by the persons conducting the study. Results. The average value of the suppressed anger indicator was 31.57±6.23 (p<0.05); respective value of the released anger 24.37 ±6.34 (p<0.05). For released anger, results at the level of the upper quartile (Q3=28) and above were obtained by 28.57 % of the soldiers in the study, while in the case of repressed anger, the results obtained at the level of the upper quartile (Q3 = 36) and above that value were obtained by 34.27% of the soldiers/patients. Conclusions. The results obtained show that in the group of hospitalized patients/soldiers there is a higher level of repressed anger intensity than in the case of released anger. The study survey suggests that in their case expressing anger is usually a reaction to somebody's inappropriate-in-their-eyes behaviour. Curbing anger takes on various forms, from trying not to express annoyance and/or rage, to trying to keep calm in spite of growing anger caused by other people's behaviours.

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“…The National Health Service (NHS), which is the primary health-care provider in the UK does not consistently record the health status of veterans, which makes it difficult to demonstrate the magnitude of UK veteran pain-related data (Gauntlett-Gilbert & Wilson, 2013). The NHS considers all veterans as members of the general population.…”

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“…the firing position) (Ministry of Defence, 2017). These injuries can have long term consequences; in 2011 60% of medical discharges from the British Army were due to musculoskeletal issues (Gauntlett-Gilbert & Wilson, 2013). Doherty et al (2018), found from their study of approximately 1,200 UK veteran charities that of those charities who supported physical health 34% were approached for CP support.…”

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