@article{ref1,
title="Long-term participation of Dutch service members with combat-related injury",
journal="Occupational medicine",
year="2019",
author="de Kruijff, L. G. M. and Schröder, C. D. and Plat, M-c J. and van Dongen, T. T. C. F. and Hoencamp, R. and van der Wurff, P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: After deployment service members need to adapt to civilian life and return to participation in family, vocational and community life. AIMS: To assess the level of activity and participation of service members with combat-related injury after their rehabilitation intervention and to measure the effect of injury severity, adaptive coping, number of deployments and traumatic stress. <br><br>METHODS: The physical functioning scale of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36 PF), the Assessment of Life Habits short version (LIFE-H), the Impact of Event Scale (IES-R) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) were administered to service members who sustained combat-related injury. The Injury Severity Score (ISS) was calculated, and the number of deployments was noted. Correlations were calculated between the LIFE-H and ISS, IES-R, number of deployments and adaptive coping and between the SF-PF and ISS, IES-R, number of deployments and adaptive coping. <br><br>RESULTS: The response rate was 55% (32 service members). A moderate correlation was found between LIFE-H and IES (r = -0.49) and a very weak correlation was found between LIFE-H and injury severity (r = 0.31). No correlation was found between SF-36 PF and ISS, IES, number of deployments or CERQ and between LIFE-H and number of deployments or CERQ. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A moderate correlation was found between level of participation and traumatic stress in service members with combat-related injury in a 5-year follow-up. Therefore, it is advisable to screen for traumatic stress symptoms and monitor these symptoms during the rehabilitation intervention.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0962-7480",
doi="10.1093/occmed/kqz157",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz157"
}