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The Role of cumulative ‘Hassles’ as a Potential Source of Mental and Physical Distress in Gulf War Health Professional Veterans

Volume 3 - Issue 2

Deidre Wild*

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    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Coventry, UK

    *Corresponding author:Deidre Wild, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Coventry, Coventry UK

Received: August 21, 2020;   Published: September 11, 2020

DOI: 10.26717/CTBB.MS.ID.000160

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Abstract

Ninety-five Gulf War health professional veterans (HPVs) completed three six monthly postal questionnaires beginning in the Autumn of 1991. A part of these comprised repeated datasets for several aspects of inquiry for up to 5 time-phases that formed a trajectory from before to after the Gulf War (GW). The areas of inquiry of relevance to the focus of this article are changes to the HPVs’ belief in the morale justification for the war; attitude to life; need for formal counsel, and quality of sleep. Other stressor aspects that have already been published and could also have acted as “hassles” impacting upon the HPVs are summarized. In most instances, the quantitative data is illuminated by related qualitative comments. By viewing the potential ‘hassles’ as changes across time, it leads to the overall view that for a minority of HPVs, participation in the GW was a roller-coaster of disruption to mind and body. As such, the underlying ‘hassles’ need to be better understood in order to reduce them and their effects.

Keywords: Gulf War; health professional veterans; ‘hassles’

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