Military sexual trauma and chronic pain - Veterans Affairs
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Using data on more than 70,000 women Veterans ages 55 and older, VA researchers compared the prevalence of diagnoses related to chronic pain between women who had screened positive for military sexual trauma (MST) and those who had screened negative. Overall, 13.4% had a positive screen. With history of MST Without history of MST Fibromyalgia 13.3% 7.2% Headaches or migraine 11.7% 6.0% Back pain 46.7% 34.7% Chronic pain syndrome 4.0% 1.9% Opioid use disorder 1.4% 0.6% Conclusion: “These findings suggest that MST is a common risk factor among older women Veterans in the VA, contributing to the chronic pain epidemic in this setting.” Presented by a team from the San Francisco VA Health Care System at the 2018 annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Infographic by VA Research Communications, March 2019. Photo for illustrative purposes only: © iStock/natalie_board.
Transcript of Military sexual trauma and chronic pain - Veterans Affairs
Using data on more than 70,000 women Veterans ages 55 and older, VA researchers compared the prevalence of diagnoses related to chronic pain between women who had screened positive for military sexual trauma (MST) and those who had screened negative. Overall, 13.4% had a positive screen.
With history of MST Without history of MST
Fibromyalgia 13.3% 7.2%Headaches or migraine 11.7% 6.0%Back pain 46.7% 34.7%Chronic pain syndrome 4.0% 1.9%Opioid use disorder 1.4% 0.6%
Conclusion: “These findings suggest that MST is a common risk factor among older women Veterans in the VA, contributing to the chronic pain epidemic in this setting.”
Presented by a team from the San Francisco VA Health Care System at the 2018 annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Infographic by VA Research Communications, March 2019. Photo for illustrative purposes only: © iStock/natalie_board.
