Veterans

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A 12-Month prospective study of the effects of PTSD-depression comorbidity on suicidal behavior in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. 
  • A 3-year longitudinal study examining the effect of resilience on suicidality in veterans. 
  • A Bayesian model averaging approach to examining changes in quality of life among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • A Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Triage Clinic. 
  • A Coaching by Telephone Intervention for Veterans and Care Team Engagement (ACTIVATE): A study protocol for a Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. 
  • A Combined Patient and Provider Intervention for Management of Osteoarthritis in Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • A Comparison of Sleep Difficulties among Iraq/Afghanistan Theater Veterans with and without Mental Health Diagnoses. 
  • A Cross-Lagged Panel Approach to Understanding Social Support and Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Veterans: Assessment Modality Matters. 
  • A Next Step in Suicide Prevention. 
  • A Qualitative Examination of VA Chaplains' Understandings and Interventions Related to Moral Injury in Military Veterans. 
  • A Quality Improvement Initiative for Designing and Implementing a Military Service Screening Tool for a Community Emergency Department. 
  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Money Management Intervention for Veterans With Psychiatric Disabilities. 
  • A System-Level Approach to Overweight and Obesity in the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • A budget impact analysis of telemedicine-based collaborative care for depression. 
  • A cluster analysis of symptom patterns and adjustment in Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • A descriptive evaluation of eligibility for therapy among veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. 
  • A five-step guide for moving from observational studies to interventional research for women veterans. 
  • A high-density genome-wide association screen of sporadic ALS in US veterans. 
  • A marginalized two-part model for semicontinuous data. 
  • A model comparison approach to trauma-related guilt as a mediator of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans. 
  • A multi-component cognitive-behavioral intervention for sleep disturbance in veterans with PTSD: a pilot study. 
  • A pilot randomized controlled trial with paroxetine for subthreshold PTSD in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom era veterans. 
  • A pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial of adjunctive aripiprazole for chronic PTSD in US military Veterans resistant to antidepressant treatment. 
  • A relative weights comparison of trauma-related shame and guilt as predictors of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity among US veterans and military members. 
  • A taxometric investigation of dissociation in Vietnam veterans. 
  • A test of whether coping styles moderate the effect of PTSD symptoms on alcohol outcomes. 
  • A varying patient safety profile between black and nonblack adults with decreased estimated GFR. 
  • ADHD and nonsuicidal self-injury in male veterans with and without PTSD. 
  • Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) for rural veterans: Methodology for an mHealth smoking cessation intervention. 
  • Accuracy of an intimate partner violence screening tool for female VHA patients: a replication and extension. 
  • Accuracy of self-reported stroke among elderly veterans. 
  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and Gulf War illnesses: conclusions are not supported by independent reviews of the same evidence. 
  • Actuarial prediction of psychotherapy retention among Iraq-Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Adding injury to insult: fracture risk after stroke in veterans. 
  • Advancements in treating intimate partner violence in veterans. 
  • Adverse health outcomes after discharge from the emergency department--incidence and risk factors in a veteran population. 
  • Adverse pathology and undetectable ultrasensitive prostate-specific antigen after radical prostatectomy: is adjuvant radiation warranted? 
  • Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans. 
  • African American and European American Veterans' Perspectives on Receiving Mental Health Treatment 
  • African American and European American veterans' perspectives on receiving mental health treatment. 
  • After more than 10 years of Gulf War veteran medical evaluations, what have we learned? 
  • Age, Race and Cardiovascular Outcomes in African American Veterans. 
  • Alcohol misuse and psychological resilience among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans. 
  • Alcohol use and trauma exposure among male and female veterans before, during, and after military service. 
  • Allopregnanolone Levels Are Inversely Associated with Self-Reported Pain Symptoms in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Implications for Biomarkers and Therapeutics. 
  • Alzheimer's disease in the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Registry of Aging Twin Veterans. III. Detection of cases, longitudinal results, and observations on twin concordance. 
  • Ambulatory cardiovascular activity in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Amino acids as biomarker candidates for suicidality in male OEF/OIF Veterans: relevance to NMDA receptor modulation and nitric oxide signaling. 
  • Amygdala volume changes in posttraumatic stress disorder in a large case-controlled veterans group. 
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War veterans: evidence for a time-limited outbreak. 
  • An Investigation of Treatment Engagement Among Returning Veterans With Problematic Anger. 
  • An RCT of Effects of Telephone Care Management on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Veterans With PTSD. 
  • An evaluation of a brief health status measure in elderly veterans. 
  • An examination of racial differences in process and outcome of colorectal cancer care quality among users of the veterans affairs health care system. 
  • An examination of the association between 5-HTTLPR, combat exposure, and PTSD diagnosis among U.S. veterans. 
  • An examination of the broader effects of warzone experiences on returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans' psychiatric health. 
  • An exploratory pilot investigation of neurosteroids and self-reported pain in female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans. 
  • An open-label pilot study of aripiprazole for male and female veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder who respond suboptimally to antidepressants. 
  • Are Gulf War veterans experiencing illness due to exposure to smoke from Kuwaiti oil well fires? Examination of Department of Defense hospitalization data. 
  • Are Gulf War veterans suffering war-related illnesses? Federal and civilian hospitalizations examined, June 1991 to December 1994. 
  • Are Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using mental health services? New data from a national random-sample survey. 
  • Are smoking and alcohol misuse associated with subsequent hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions? 
  • Arthritis among veterans - United States, 2011-2013. 
  • Arthritis prevalence and symptoms among US non-veterans, veterans, and veterans receiving Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare. 
  • Assessing risk of violent behavior among veterans with severe mental illness. 
  • Assessing the potential health impact of the 1991 Gulf War on Saudi Arabian National Guard soldiers. 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association between Agent Orange and prostate cancer: a pilot case-control study. 
  • Association between blood lead and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 
  • Association of ALS with head injury, cigarette smoking and APOE genotypes. 
  • Association of Race With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of US Veterans. 
  • Association of adverse drug reactions with drug-drug and drug-disease interactions in frail older outpatients. 
  • Association of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury with aggressive driving in Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. 
  • Association of trauma exposure with psychiatric morbidity in military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. 
  • Associations among experiential avoidance, couple adjustment, and interpersonal aggression in returning Iraqi war veterans and their partners. 
  • Associations between cigarette smoking and pain among veterans. 
  • Associations between sleep difficulties and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in veterans and active duty military personnel of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. 
  • Associations between smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in U.S. Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans. 
  • Atrocities exposure in Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: relationship to combat exposure, symptom severity, guilt, and interpersonal violence. 
  • Barriers to full colon evaluation for a positive fecal occult blood test. 
  • Behavioral interventions to improve hypertension control in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system. 
  • Benefits and Challenges of Delivering Tele-rehabilitation Services to Rural Veterans. 
  • Benefits and harms of doxycycline treatment for Gulf War veterans' illnesses: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Benzodiazepines, posttraumatic stress disorder, and veterans: good news and why we're not done yet. 
  • Best practices in the Veterans Health Administration's MOVE! Weight management program. 
  • Binge Eating among Women Veterans in Primary Care: Comorbidities and Treatment Priorities. 
  • Birth defects prevalence among infants of Persian Gulf War veterans born in Hawaii, 1989-1993. 
  • Building Capacity in VA to Provide Emergency Gynecology Services for Women 
  • Burden and mental health among caregivers of veterans with traumatic brain injury/polytrauma. 
  • CKD progression and mortality among older patients with diabetes. 
  • Can group medical clinics improve lipid management in diabetes? 
  • Cancer Incidence Among Patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 2010 Update. 
  • Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. 
  • Cannabis use disorder and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. 
  • Capsule Commentary on Axon et al., Differential Impact of Homelessness on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 
  • Capsule commentary on Katz et al., Implementing smoking cessation guidelines for hospitalized veterans: effects on nurse attitudes and performance. 
  • Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Caregiver burden in partners of Vietnam War veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Changes in the Delivery of Veterans Affairs Cancer Care: Ensuring Delivery of Coordinated, Quality Cancer Care in a Time of Uncertainty. 
  • Chaplaincy Encounters Following a Suicide Attempt. 
  • Chaplaincy and mental health in the department of Veterans affairs and department of defense. 
  • Chapter 1 posttraumatic stress disorder: a view from the operating theater. 
  • Characteristics and Health Care Preferences Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Women Veterans. 
  • Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in a Cohort of Veterans. 
  • Characteristics associated with participation in DNA banking: The National Registry of Veterans with ALS. 
  • Characteristics of Veterans diagnosed with seizures within Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Characterizing anger-related affect in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder using ecological momentary assessment. 
  • Charlie's List. 
  • Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social support. 
  • Chronic disease management perspectives of colorectal cancer survivors using the Veterans Affairs healthcare system: a qualitative analysis. 
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease impact upon outcomes: the veterans affairs randomized on/off bypass trial. 
  • Chronic pain acceptance incrementally predicts disability in polytrauma-exposed veterans at baseline and 1-year follow-up. 
  • Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain in Vietnam combat veterans. 
  • Chronic widespread pain in veterans of the first Gulf War: impact of deployment status and associated health effects. 
  • Cigarette smoking in veteran women: the impact of job strain. 
  • Cigarette smoking, ambulatory cardiovascular monitoring, and mood in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Clinical Fractures Among Older Men With Diabetes Are Mediated by Diabetic Complications. 
  • Clinical and demographic predictors of Barrett's esophagus among patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a multivariable analysis in veterans. 
  • Clinical aspects of ALS in Gulf War veterans. 
  • Clinical utility of the Primary Care--PTSD Screen among U.S. veterans who served since September 11, 2001. 
  • Clinically important drug-disease interactions and their prevalence in older adults. 
  • Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelines. 
  • Cognitive Mediators of Change in Physical Functioning in Response to a Multifaceted Intervention for Managing Osteoarthritis. 
  • Cognitive ability in early adulthood and risk of 5 specific psychiatric disorders in middle age: the Vietnam experience study. 
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in women: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered to rural veterans via telemental health: a randomized noninferiority clinical trial. 
  • Cognitive processing therapy for veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: application to operation enduring and Iraqi Freedom veterans. 
  • Collaborating across the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense to integrate mental health and chaplaincy services. 
  • Colorectal Cancer Statistics From the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry. 
  • Combined PTSD and depressive symptoms interact with post-deployment social support to predict suicidal ideation in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. 
  • Comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with suicidality in male veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Versus Clinic-Based Specialty Care for Veterans. 
  • Comparison of demographic characteristics, surgical resection patterns, and survival outcomes for veterans and nonveterans with non-small cell lung cancer in the Pacific Northwest. 
  • Comparison of mental health between former child soldiers and children never conscripted by armed groups in Nepal. 
  • Comparison of outcomes for veterans receiving dialysis care from VA and non-VA providers. 
  • Compliance with referral for hepatitis C evaluation among veterans. 
  • Conception and pregnancy during the Persian Gulf War: the risk to women veterans. 
  • Concordance Between Veterans' Self-Report and Documentation of Surrogate Decision Makers: Implications for Quality Measurement. 
  • Consumer perspectives on genetic testing for psychiatric disorders: the attitudes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their families. 
  • Contracting, prompting, and reinforcing substance use disorder continuing care: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Contribution of the Veterans Health Administration in understanding racial disparities in access and utilization of health care: a spirit of inquiry. 
  • Coordination and advocacy for rural elders (CARE): a model of rural case management with veterans. 
  • Correlates of anger and hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Correlates of expected positive and negative support for smoking cessation among a sample of chronically ill veterans. 
  • Cost, utilization, and policy of provision of assistive technology devices to veterans poststroke by Medicare and VA. 
  • Costs associated with multimorbidity among VA patients. 
  • Counseling for home-based walking and strength exercise in older primary care patients. 
  • Counterpoint: Responding to inadequate critique of birth defects paper. 
  • Counterpoint: Responding to suppositions and misunderstandings. 
  • Covariation of psychological attributes and incident coronary heart disease in U.S. Air Force veterans of the Vietnam war. 
  • Credibility of neuropsychological performances of Persian Gulf War veterans and military control subjects participating in clinical epidemiological research. 
  • Criminal justice involvement, trauma, and negative affect in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans. 
  • DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder: factor structure and rates of diagnosis. 
  • Deficiencies in postoperative surveillance for veterans with gastrointestinal cancer. 
  • Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation among male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans seeking treatment for PTSD. 
  • Demographic and clinical variation in Veterans Health Administration provision of assistive technology devices to veterans poststroke. 
  • Depletion of circulating progenitor cells precedes overt diabetes: a substudy from the VA enhanced fitness trial. 
  • Deployment-related TBI, persistent postconcussive symptoms, PTSD, and depression in OEF/OIF veterans. 
  • Depression in veterans of the first Gulf War and comparable military controls. 
  • Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dry eye syndrome: a study utilizing the national United States Veterans Affairs administrative database. 
  • Depressive symptoms and nine-year survival of 1,001 male veterans hospitalized with medical illness. 
  • Depressive symptoms, race, and glucose concentrations: the role of cortisol as mediator. 
  • Design of VA Cooperative Study #591: CERV-PTSD, comparative effectiveness research in veterans with PTSD. 
  • Detecting traumatic brain injury among veterans of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. 
  • Determinants of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in African-American and Caucasian male veterans. 
  • Determinants of postsurgical discharge setting for male hip fracture patients. 
  • Developing a national registry of veterans with spinal cord dysfunction: experiences and implications. 
  • Developing and sustaining quality improvement partnerships in the VA: the Colorectal Cancer Care Collaborative. 
  • Diabetes-related utilization and costs for inpatient and outpatient services in the Veterans Administration. 
  • Diagnostic efficiency of the AUDIT-C in U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001. 
  • Did Massachusetts Health Reform Affect Veterans Affairs Primary Care Use? 
  • Dietary calcium and risk for prostate cancer: a case-control study among US veterans. 
  • Differences in Active and Passive Smoking Exposures and Lung Cancer Incidence Between Veterans and Non-Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative. 
  • Differences in Depression Care for Men and Women among Veterans with and without Psychiatric Comorbidities. 
  • Differences in patient characteristics between Veterans Administration and community hospitals. Implications for VA planning. 
  • Differences in rehabilitation services and outcomes among stroke patients cared for in veterans hospitals. 
  • Differences in risk perception and quit rates among hospitalized veteran pipe smokers, cigarette smokers, and dual users. 
  • Differentiating Behavior Initiation and Maintenance: Theoretical Framework and Proof of Concept. 
  • Disaster preparedness and response practices among providers from the Veterans Health Administration and Veterans with spinal cord injuries and/or disorders. 
  • Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods. 
  • Discontinuation of diabetes and lipid-lowering medications after bariatric surgery at Veterans Affairs medical centers. 
  • Dissemination and experience with cognitive processing therapy. 
  • Divalproex in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in a veteran population. 
  • Do child abuse and maternal care interact to predict military sexual trauma? 
  • Do diabetic veterans use the Internet? Self-reported usage, skills, and interest in using My HealtheVet Web portal. 
  • Do unmet expectations for specific tests, referrals, and new medications reduce patients' satisfaction? 
  • Does Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Testing and Counseling Reduce Modifiable Risk Factors? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Veterans. 
  • Does body mass index moderate the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation in Iraq/Afghanistan veterans? 
  • Does distance modify the effect of self-testing in oral anticoagulation? 
  • Does military sexual trauma moderate the impact of critical warzone experiences? 
  • Drug use and childhood-, military- and post-military trauma exposure among women and men veterans. 
  • Drug use and validity of substance use self-reports in veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Dual Health Care System Use and Unsafe Medication Prescribing in Veterans With Dementia. 
  • Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry. 
  • EFFECT OF THE APOE ε4 ALLELE AND COMBAT EXPOSURE ON PTSD AMONG IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN-ERA VETERANS. 
  • Economic Analysis of Primary Care-Based Physical Activity Counseling in Older Men: The VA-LIFE Trial. 
  • Economic analysis of a tailored behavioral intervention to improve blood pressure control for primary care patients. 
  • Economic evaluation of telephone self-management interventions for blood pressure control. 
  • Effect of age on the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy for resected non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Effect of concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors after percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Effect of elective surgery on subjective health in veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Effect of genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor genes on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Effect of telephone exercise counseling on frailty in older veterans: project LIFE. 
  • Effect of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism on posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and quality of life among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • Effectiveness of Expanded Implementation of STAR-VA for Managing Dementia-Related Behaviors Among Veterans. 
  • Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Approach to Cultural Competence Training: The Veterans Affairs' "Caring for Women Veterans" Program. 
  • Effectiveness of the tobacco tactics program for psychiatric inpatient veterans: an implementation study. 
  • Effects of chronic mild traumatic brain injury on white matter integrity in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Effects of social support and resilient coping on violent behavior in military veterans. 
  • Effects of telerehabilitation on physical function and disability for stroke patients: a randomized, controlled trial. 
  • Efficacy of Sofosbuvir Plus Ribavirin in Veterans With Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 2 Infection, Compensated Cirrhosis, and Multiple Comorbidities. 
  • Efficiency of colorectal cancer care among veterans: analysis of treatment wait times at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. 
  • Engagement and abstinence among users of a smoking cessation text message program for veterans. 
  • Enhanced fitness: a randomized controlled trial of the effects of home-based physical activity counseling on glycemic control in older adults with prediabetes mellitus. 
  • Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED). 
  • Epidemiology of drug-disease interactions in older veteran nursing home residents. 
  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutational Testing and Erlotinib Treatment Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung Cancer in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 
  • Establishing a methodology to examine the effects of war-zone PTSD on the family: the family foundations study. 
  • Estimated Prevalence of Insomnia among Women Veterans: Results of a Postal Survey. 
  • Ethnic differences in continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence in veterans with and without psychiatric disorders. 
  • Evaluating diagnosis-based risk-adjustment methods in a population with spinal cord dysfunction. 
  • Evaluating the Impact of Medication Safety Alerts on Prescribing of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Older Veterans in an Ambulatory Care Setting. 
  • Evaluating the implementation and sustainability of a program for enhancing veterans' intimate relationships. 
  • Evaluation of agreement between physicians' notation of 'no evidence of disease' (NED) and patients' report of cancer status. 
  • Evolution of the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative supportive care quality measures portfolio and conformance at a Veterans Affairs medical center. 
  • Examination of the indirect effects of combat exposure on suicidal behavior in veterans. 
  • Examining potential colorectal cancer care disparities in the Veterans Affairs health care system. 
  • Examining the factor structure of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a post-9/11 U.S. military veteran sample. 
  • Examining the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in an OEF/OIF veteran sample. 
  • Exploration of the influence of childhood trauma, combat exposure, and the resilience construct on depression and suicidal ideation among U.S. Iraq/Afghanistan era military personnel and veterans. 
  • Exploration of the resilience construct in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and functional correlates in military combat veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. 
  • Factor analysis of self-reported symptoms: does it identify a Gulf War syndrome? 
  • Factorial invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms across three veteran samples. 
  • Factors Associated With Having a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant as Primary Care Provider for Veterans With Diabetes Mellitus. 
  • Factors associated with survival in the National Registry of Veterans with ALS. 
  • Factors associated with veterans' decisions about living wills. 
  • Familial psychiatric illness in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Fear learning circuitry is biased toward generalization of fear associations in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Five-Year Outcomes after On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass. 
  • Five-year performance trends for older exercisers: a hierarchical model of endurance, strength, and flexibility. 
  • Fluvoxamine treatment in veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • For the patient. Do patients use prescribed medicine for osteoarthritis? 
  • Fracture Rates and Bone Density Among Postmenopausal Veteran and Non-Veteran Women From the Women's Health Initiative. 
  • Functional Incidental Training: applicability and feasibility in the Veterans Affairs nursing home patient population. 
  • Functional correlates of military sexual assault in male veterans. 
  • Further evidence for a role of the ADRB2 gene in risk for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Gender differences among veterans deployed in support of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 
  • Gender differences in associations between DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and functional impairment in war veterans. 
  • Gender differences in health care utilization among veterans with chronic pain. 
  • Gender differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms among OEF/OIF veterans: an item response theory analysis. 
  • Genes and Environmental Exposures in Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: the GENEVA study. Rationale, study design and demographic characteristics. 
  • Genome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder in a cohort of Iraq-Afghanistan era veterans. 
  • Genome-wide association study of subcortical brain volume in PTSD cases and trauma-exposed controls. 
  • Goldenhar syndrome among infants born in military hospitals to Gulf War veterans. 
  • Group cognitive processing therapy delivered to veterans via telehealth: a pilot cohort. 
  • Guest editorial: Cognitive-communication rehabilitation for combat-related mild traumatic brain injury. 
  • Gulf War Veterans' Health Registries. Who is most likely to seek evaluation? 
  • Gulf War veterans and Iraqi nerve agents at Khamisiyah: postwar hospitalization data revisited. 
  • Gulf War veterans with anxiety: prevalence, comorbidity, and risk factors. 
  • Hazardous alcohol use and receipt of risk-reduction counseling among U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • Head injury and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Head injury in early adulthood and the lifetime risk of depression. 
  • Health service use and outcome: comparison of low charge, integrated, comprehensive services with usual health care. 
  • Health services use among Gulf War veterans and Gulf War era nondeployed veterans: a large population-based survey. 
  • Health services use of older veterans treated and released from veterans affairs medical center emergency departments. 
  • Health status among women with menstrual symptoms. 
  • Healthcare utilization and mortality among veterans of the Gulf War. 
  • Heart matters: Gender and racial differences cardiovascular disease risk factor control among veterans. 
  • Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans' Experiences Study (HI-FIVES): study design and methodology. 
  • Home health care and patterns of subsequent VA and medicare health care utilization for veterans. 
  • Homelessness and money mismanagement in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • Hospitalizations for unexplained illnesses among U.S. veterans of the Persian Gulf War. 
  • Hostility and functional health status in women veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a preliminary study. 
  • Hostility, anger, and depression predict increases in C3 over a 10-year period. 
  • IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood, risk factors in middle age and later all-cause mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study. 
  • Identifying patterns of symptom change during a randomized controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Identifying trajectories of depressive symptoms for women caring for their husbands with dementia. 
  • Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department. 
  • Impact of Gender on Satisfaction and Confidence in Cholesterol Control Among Veterans at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease. 
  • Impact of Race on Treatment and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Early-Stage Lung Cancer. 
  • Impact of Smoking Cessation on Subsequent Pain Intensity Among Chronically Ill Veterans Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Trial. 
  • Impact of TBI on caregivers of veterans with TBI: Burden and interventions. 
  • Impact of a winter respiratory virus season on patients with COPD and association with influenza vaccination. 
  • Impact of comorbidities on stroke rehabilitation outcomes: does the method matter? 
  • Impact of comorbidity on colorectal cancer screening in the veterans healthcare system. 
  • Impact of lipid-lowering medications and low-density lipoprotein levels on 1-year clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Impact of ocular surface symptoms on quality of life in a United States veterans affairs population. 
  • Impact of race on cardiac care and outcomes in veterans with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Implementation evaluation of the Telephone Lifestyle Coaching (TLC) program: organizational factors associated with successful implementation. 
  • Implementation of Pharmacogenetic Testing Within the Veterans Health Administration From 2011 to 2013. 
  • Implementation of a new screening recommendation in health care: the Veterans Health Administration's approach to lung cancer screening. 
  • Implementation of a prediabetes identification algorithm for overweight and obese Veterans. 
  • Implementation of an established algorithm and modifications for the identification of epilepsy patients in the veterans health administration. 
  • Implementation of multifamily group treatment for veterans with traumatic brain injury. 
  • Implementing an Integrated Team-Based Model of Care. 
  • Implementing evidence-based patient self-management programs in the Veterans Health Administration: perspectives on delivery system design considerations. 
  • Improving blood pressure control through a clinical pharmacist outreach program in patients with diabetes mellitus in 2 high-performing health systems: the adherence and intensification of medications cluster randomized, controlled pragmatic trial. 
  • Improving care of chronic conditions for women veterans: identifying opportunities for comparative effectiveness research. 
  • Improving risk assessment of violence among military veterans: an evidence-based approach for clinical decision-making. 
  • Inappropriate medication use among frail elderly inpatients. 
  • Inappropriate prescribing and health outcomes in elderly veteran outpatients. 
  • Incarceration and veterans of the first Gulf War. 
  • Incidence and Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans and Civilians. 
  • Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. 
  • Incidence of fractures in a cohort of veterans with chronic multiple sclerosis or traumatic spinal cord injury. 
  • Increased evidence of testicular cancer among veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. 
  • Increased postwar symptoms and psychological morbidity among U.S. Navy Gulf War veterans. 
  • Individual and contextual correlates of physical activity among a clinical sample of United States Veterans. 
  • Individual progress toward self-selected goals among older adults enrolled in a physical activity counseling intervention. 
  • Influence of Successful Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Treatment with Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir on Warfarin Dosing Requirements in Four Veterans. 
  • Influence of comorbidity on racial differences in receipt of surgery among US veterans with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Informal and formal care infrastructure and perceived need for caregiver training for frail US veterans referred to home and community-based services. 
  • Innovation in a Learning Health Care System: Veteran-Directed Home- and Community-Based Services. 
  • Inpatient Mobility Measures As Useful Predictors of Discharge Destination in Hospitalized Older Adults. 
  • Inpatient care for elderly cancer patients: the role for Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units in fulfilling goals for care. 
  • Inpatient hospital utilization among veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury. 
  • Integrating tobacco cessation into mental health care for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Intelligence and education as predictors of cognitive state in late life: a 50-year follow-up. 
  • Internet Use and Technology-Related Attitudes of Veterans and Informal Caregivers of Veterans. 
  • Interpersonal and self-reported hostility among combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophrenia. 
  • Interpersonal violence and its correlates in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient mental health care? 
  • Is policy well-targeted to remedy financial strain among caregivers of severely injured U.S. service members? 
  • Is systemic lupus erythematosus, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or fibromyalgia associated with Persian Gulf War service? An examination of Department of Defense hospitalization data. 
  • Is there a Persian Gulf War syndrome? Evidence from a large population-based survey of veterans and nondeployed controls. 
  • Issues in defining and measuring veteran community reintegration: proceedings of the Working Group on Community Reintegration, VA Rehabilitation Outcomes Conference, Miami, Florida. 
  • Issues in the design of multisite clinical trials of psychotherapy: VA Cooperative Study No. 494 as an example. 
  • Jump starting shared medical appointments for diabetes with weight management: Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Knowledge and risks of human immunodeficiency virus transmission among veterans with severe mental illness. 
  • Knowledge, beliefs, and confidence regarding infections and antimicrobial stewardship: a survey of Veterans Affairs providers who care for older adults. 
  • Lack of efficacy for fluoxetine in PTSD: a placebo controlled trial in combat veterans. 
  • Learning and memory in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study. 
  • Lifetime and current prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders among Vietnam veterans and controls. 
  • Lifetime major depression and comorbid disorders among current-era women veterans. 
  • Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • Lifetime trauma exposure in veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder: association with current symptomatology. 
  • Living in danger: the impact of chronic traumatization and the traumatic context on posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Long-term follow-up of symptomatic HIV-infected patients originally randomized to early versus later zidovudine treatment; report of a Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. VA Cooperative Study Group on AIDS Treatment. 
  • Long-term survival of veterans with traumatic spinal cord injury. 
  • Low Income as a Multiplicative Risk Factor for Oral Pain and Dental Problems Among U.S. Veteran Smokers. 
  • MMPI-2 profiles of Gulf and Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • MOVE: weight management program across the Veterans Health Administration: patient- and facility-level predictors of utilization. 
  • Magnitude and duration of cardiovascular responses to anger in Vietnam veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Major depressive disorder in hospitalized medically ill patients: an examination of young and elderly male veterans. 
  • Making a difference in the health care of veterans: 9 things you should know. 
  • Massachusetts health reform and Veterans Affairs health system enrollment. 
  • Measuring exposure to racism: development and validation of a Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS) for Asian American Vietnam veterans. 
  • Measuring patient expectations: does the instrument affect satisfaction or expectations? 
  • Measuring the Quality of VA Care. 
  • Media portrayals of suicide. 
  • Medical service utilization by veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Medical utilization and cost outcomes for poststroke veterans who receive assistive technology devices from the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Medicare managed care enrollment by disability-eligible and age-eligible veterans. 
  • Medication acquisition and self-reported adherence in veterans with hypertension. 
  • Medication adherence in combat veterans with traumatic brain injury. 
  • Medication barriers and anti-hypertensive medication adherence: the moderating role of locus of control. 
  • Mental Health Among Military Personnel and Veterans. 
  • Mental health comorbidity patterns and impact on quality of life among veterans serving during the first Gulf War. 
  • Metformin, Diabetes, and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Colorectal Cancer-Response. 
  • Metformin, Diabetes, and Survival among U.S. Veterans with Colorectal Cancer. 
  • Methodologic issues in a population-based health survey of Gulf War veterans. 
  • Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative. 
  • Military and veteran health behavior research and practice: challenges and opportunities. 
  • Military service, deployments, and exposures in relation to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis etiology. 
  • Military service, deployments, and exposures in relation to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis survival. 
  • Millennium Cohort: enrollment begins a 21-year contribution to understanding the impact of military service. 
  • Mindful-Veteran: the implementation of a brief stress reduction course. 
  • Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, and Functional Disability in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans. 
  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles of Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their children. 
  • Moral Injury: An Intersection for Psychological and Spiritual Care. 
  • Moral Injury: Contextualized Care. 
  • Moral transgression during the Vietnam War: a path analysis of the psychological impact of veterans' involvement in wartime atrocities. 
  • Mortality after lower extremity fractures in men with spinal cord injury. 
  • Mortality among US and UK veterans of the Persian Gulf War: a review. 
  • Multicomponent smoking cessation treatment including mobile contingency management in homeless veterans. 
  • Multifamily group treatment for veterans with traumatic brain injury: what is the value to participants? 
  • Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome: symptom prevalence and risk factors in a military population. 
  • Nature and Treatment of Comorbid Alcohol Problems and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among American Military Personnel and Veterans. 
  • Neural systems for executive and emotional processing are modulated by symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraq War veterans. 
  • Neuroactive steroids and suicidality in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Neuropsychological functioning, coping, and quality of life among returning war veterans. 
  • Neuropsychological sequelae of PTSD and TBI following war deployment among OEF/OIF veterans. 
  • Neurosteroids and self-reported pain in veterans who served in the U.S. Military after September 11, 2001. 
  • Nightmare reduction in a Vietnam veteran using imagery rehearsal therapy. 
  • No serologic evidence of an association found between Gulf War service and Mycoplasma fermentans infection. 
  • No wrong door to smoking cessation care: a Veterans Affairs Chaplain survey. 
  • Non-suicidal self-injury as a predictor of active and passive suicidal ideation among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among patients with GI bleeding. 
  • Nonsuicidal self-injury and interpersonal violence in U.S. veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Nonsuicidal self-injury and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Normal coronary rates for elective angiography in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: insights from the VA CART program (veterans affairs clinical assessment reporting and tracking). 
  • Nurse administered telephone intervention for blood pressure control: a patient-tailored multifactorial intervention. 
  • Obesity and receipt of clinical preventive services in veterans. 
  • Obesity prevalence among veterans at Veterans Affairs medical facilities. 
  • Occupational determinants of cumulative lead exposure: analysis of bone lead among men in the VA normative aging study. 
  • Occurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among Gulf War veterans. 
  • Ocular surface parameters in older male veterans. 
  • Older, Seriously Ill Veterans' Views on the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Health-Care Delivery. 
  • One size does not fit all-mobility device type affects speed, collisions, fatigue, and pain. 
  • Orthostatic hypotension in young adults with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Osteoporosis screening and treatment among veterans with recent fracture after implementation of an electronic consult service. 
  • Outcome by Gender in the Veterans Health Administration Motivating Overweight/Obese Veterans Everywhere Weight Management Program. 
  • Outpatient care use among female veterans: differences between mental health and non-mental health users. 
  • Overcoming inertia: improvement in achieving target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. 
  • PTSD and depression symptoms are associated with binge eating among US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • PTSD is negatively associated with physical performance and physical function in older overweight military Veterans. 
  • PTSD symptoms and family versus stranger violence in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • Pain Phenotypes and Associated Clinical Risk Factors Following Traumatic Amputation: Results from Veterans Integrated Pain Evaluation Research (VIPER). 
  • Pastoral care use among post-9/11 veterans who screen positive for mental health problems. 
  • Paternal history of mental illness associated with posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans. 
  • Patient and social environment factors associated with self blood pressure monitoring by male veterans with hypertension. 
  • Patient characteristics associated with the level of patient-reported care coordination among male patients with colorectal cancer in the Veterans Affairs health care system. 
  • Patient complexity, prescriber continuity and acute care. 
  • Patient factors associated with initiation of behavioral weight loss treatment: a prospective observational study in an integrated care setting. 
  • Patient factors related to the odds of receiving prevention services in Veterans Health Administration medical centers. 
  • Patient perspectives on having multiple versus single prescribers of chronic disease medications: results of a qualitative study in a veteran population. 
  • Patient predictors of weight loss following a behavioral weight management intervention among US Veterans with severe obesity. 
  • Patient satisfaction and use of Veterans Affairs versus non-Veterans Affairs healthcare services by veterans. 
  • Patient, Therapist, and System Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Prolonged Exposure for Veterans With Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Patient-centered mental health care for female veterans. 
  • Patient-physician communication about early stage prostate cancer: analysis of overall visit structure. 
  • Patterns of appraisal and coping across different stressor conditions among former prisoners of war with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Perceived and actual stroke risk among men with hypertension. 
  • Percentage of tumor and tumor length in prostate biopsy specimens: a study of American veterans. 
  • Percentage of tumor in prostatectomy specimens: a study of American Veterans. 
  • Performance of comorbidity, risk adjustment, and functional status measures in expenditure prediction for patients with diabetes. 
  • Performance on the Green Word Memory Test following Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom-era military service: Test failure is related to evaluation context. 
  • Peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress in male Vietnam theater veterans. 
  • Personality assessment inventory internalizing and externalizing structure in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: associations with aggression. 
  • Pharmacotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: review with clinical applications. 
  • Physical function in sedentary and exercising older veterans as compared to national norms. 
  • Physician process and patient outcome measures for diabetes care: relationships to organizational characteristics. 
  • Physician-diagnosed depression as a correlate of hospitalizations in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. 
  • Physiological arousal among women veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Pilot study of massage in veterans with knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Pilot study of pain and coping among patients with osteoarthritis: a daily diary analysis. 
  • Pilot study: individualized training for caregivers of hospitalized older veterans. 
  • Plastic surgery within the Veterans Affairs Medical System: proposed modified indications for operative procedures. 
  • Postoperative atrial fibrillation impacts on costs and one-year clinical outcomes: the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass Trial. 
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hostile Cognitions, and Aggression in Iraq/Afghanistan Era Veterans. 
  • Posttraumatic mental and physical health correlates of forgiveness and religious coping in military veterans. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and self-reported physical health status among U.S. Military personnel serving during the Gulf War period: a population-based study. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in World War II naval veterans. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans: risk factors, war-zone stressors, and resilience-recovery variables. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with attenuated baroreceptor sensitivity among female, but not male, smokers. 
  • Potential bias in medication adherence studies of prevalent users. 
  • Potential drug-disease interactions in frail, hospitalized elderly veterans. 
  • Practical Telemedicine for Veterans with Persistently Poor Diabetes Control: A Randomized Pilot Trial. 
  • Practice-based research networks add value to evidence-based quality improvement. 
  • Prasugrel Use Following PCI and Associated Patient Outcomes: Insights From the National VA CART Program. 
  • Predicting Suicide Risk in Trauma Exposed Veterans: The Role of Health Promoting Behaviors. 
  • Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms. 
  • Predictors of basal cell carcinoma in high-risk patients in the VATTC (VA Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention) trial. 
  • Predictors of children's involvement in parents' treatment among homeless veterans in community residential care. 
  • Predictors of emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Predictors of glycaemic control among HIV-positive veterans with diabetes. 
  • Predictors of incident chronic widespread pain among veterans following the first Gulf War. 
  • Predictors of initial weight loss after gastric bypass surgery in twelve Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. 
  • Predictors of long-term mortality after bariatric surgery performed in Veterans Affairs medical centers. 
  • Predictors of mental health care use among male and female veterans deployed in support of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 
  • Predictors of two-year post-hospitalization mortality among elderly veterans in a study evaluating a geriatric consultation team. 
  • Preliminary Data from the Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program: A Care Coordination Program for Home-Based Dementia Care and Caregiver Support in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
  • Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. 
  • Prescriber Continuity and Disease Control of Older Adults. 
  • Prescriber continuity and medication adherence for complex patients. 
  • Presence and correlates of racial disparities in adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use in an outpatient VA posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of heavy smoking in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of dry eye syndrome in a United States veterans affairs population. 
  • Prevalence of and characteristics associated with insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea among veterans with knee and hip osteoarthritis. 
  • Prevalence of birth defects among infants of Gulf War veterans in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, and Iowa, 1989-1993. 
  • Prevalence of dyspepsia, heartburn, and peptic ulcer disease in veterans. 
  • Prevalence of major eye diseases among US Civil War veterans, 1890-1910. 
  • Prevalence of symptoms and symptom-based conditions among Gulf War veterans: current status of research findings. 
  • Prevention services received by veterans visiting VHA facilities. 
  • Prioritizing culture change in nursing homes: perspectives of residents, staff, and family members. 
  • Problems in families of male Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Project LIFE--Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders: methods, design, and baseline characteristics of randomized trial. 
  • Project LIFE: a partnership to increase physical activity in elders with multiple chronic illnesses. 
  • Projected use of long-term-care services by enrolled Veterans. 
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy With Veterans and Active Duty Personnel Diagnosed With PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury. 
  • Prospective study of externalizing and internalizing subtypes of posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationship to mortality among Vietnam veterans. 
  • Protective factors and risk modification of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans. 
  • Protective mechanisms and prevention of violence and aggression in veterans. 
  • Providing all-inclusive care for frail elderly veterans: evaluation of three models of care. 
  • Pseudo-posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Psychological Inflexibility Predicts of Suicidal Ideation Over Time in Veterans of the Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • Psychometric Testing of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS): A New Pain Scale for Military Population. 
  • Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in american veterans who served since september 11, 2001. 
  • Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Pyridostigmine bromide intake during the Persian Gulf War is not associated with postwar handgrip strength. 
  • Quality of life and health-services utilization in a population-based sample of military personnel reporting multiple chemical sensitivities. 
  • Quality of nonmetastatic colorectal cancer care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
  • Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Race, presenting signs and symptoms, use of carotid artery imaging, and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Race, treatment, and survival among colorectal carcinoma patients in an equal-access medical system. 
  • Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities Among Women in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: A Systematic Review. 
  • Racial differences in analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication adherence among patients with osteoarthritis. 
  • Racial differences in analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication use and perceptions of efficacy. 
  • Racial differences in health-related beliefs, attitudes, and experiences of VA cardiac patients: scale development and application. 
  • Racial differences in hepatitis B and hepatitis C and associated risk behaviors in veterans with severe mental illness. 
  • Racial variation in wanting and obtaining mental health services among women veterans in a primary care clinic. 
  • Racial variations in postoperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: evidence from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Racial variations in self-reported osteoarthritis symptom severity among veterans. 
  • Racial/ethnic differences in influenza vaccination in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. 
  • Randomized trial showed requesting medical records with a survey produced a more representative sample than requesting separately. 
  • Rates and correlates of potentially inappropriate colorectal cancer screening in the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Rationale for Spiritually Oriented Cognitive Processing Therapy for Moral Injury in Active Duty Military and Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 
  • Real-World Effectiveness of DAA Therapies in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection: 996 Veterans Can't Be Wrong. 
  • Rehabilitation of Combat-Related Injuries in the Veterans Administration: A Web of Support. 
  • Relationship between self-reported disability and caregiver hours. 
  • Reliability of drug utilization evaluation as an assessment of medication appropriateness. 
  • Reliance on Veterans Affairs outpatient care by Medicare-eligible veterans. 
  • Religion, spirituality, and mental health of U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. 
  • Religious Involvement, Anxiety/Depression, and PTSD Symptoms in US Veterans and Active Duty Military. 
  • Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • Renal function and risk stratification of diabetic and nondiabetic patients undergoing evaluation for coronary artery disease. 
  • Research and Operations: Joining Forces to Improve Care for Veterans. 
  • Residential smoking therapy. 
  • Resilience and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans: Differential Patterns of Adjustment and Quality of Life. 
  • Resilience, traumatic brain injury, depression, and posttraumatic stress among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Resilience-recovery factors in post-traumatic stress disorder among female and male Vietnam veterans: hardiness, postwar social support, and additional stressful life events. 
  • Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Association of Race With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of US Veterans". 
  • Review: managing posttraumatic stress disorder in combat veterans with comorbid traumatic brain injury. 
  • Risk factors for and estimated incidence of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection, North Carolina, USA. 
  • Risk factors for biopsy-proven advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Veterans Health Administration. 
  • Risk factors for osteoporotic fractures in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders. 
  • Role of mitochondrial DNA damage and dysfunction in veterans with Gulf War Illness. 
  • Roles of inter-individual differences and intra-individual acute elevations in early smoking lapse in people with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Rural-urban differences in preventable hospitalizations among community-dwelling veterans with dementia. 
  • Safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from the Veterans Affairs CART program. 
  • Sarin: health effects, metabolism, and methods of analysis. 
  • Screening for cognitive impairment: comparing the performance of four instruments in primary care. 
  • Screening for novel central nervous system biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness. 
  • Screening for violence risk in military veterans: predictive validity of a brief clinical tool. 
  • Self-Compassion as a prospective predictor of PTSD symptom severity among trauma-exposed U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. 
  • Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning. 
  • Self-efficacy and adjustment in cancer patients: a preliminary report. 
  • Self-mutilative behaviors in male veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Self-rated depressive symptoms in medical inpatients: age and racial differences. 
  • Self-report and longitudinal predictors of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans. 
  • Self-reported pain complaints among Afghanistan/Iraq era men and women veterans with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. 
  • Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans. 
  • Self-reported reproductive outcomes among male and female 1991 Gulf War era US military veterans. 
  • Self-reported symptoms and medical conditions among 11,868 Gulf War-era veterans: the Seabee Health Study. 
  • Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and brain function during emotional distraction from cognitive processing in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Serving the health needs of our military and veterans. 
  • Sexual function outcomes in women treated for posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Sexual revictimization among Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans. 
  • Simultaneous control of intermediate diabetes outcomes among Veterans Affairs primary care patients. 
  • Skin Cancer Risk Factors and Preventative Behaviors among United States Military Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • Skin cancer in the military: A systematic review of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer incidence, prevention, and screening among active duty and veteran personnel. 
  • Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Veteran Women. 
  • Sleep disturbance in chronic military-related PTSD: clinical impact and response to adjunctive risperidone in the Veterans Affairs cooperative study #504. 
  • Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury. 
  • Smoking and anxiety in combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: a review. 
  • Smoking in Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • Smoking in help-seeking veterans with PTSD returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. 
  • Smoking outcome expectancies in military veteran smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Social support in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a comparative analysis. 
  • Spatial analysis of the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War veterans. 
  • Spiritual Fitness for Military Veterans: A Curriculum Review and Impact Evaluation Using the Duke Religion Index (DUREL). 
  • Spiritual Interventions in Veterans with PTSD: A Systematic Review. 
  • Splenectomy as a Destination: Improving Quality of Care Among Asplenic Veterans Through a Travel Clinic. 
  • Stability of Diagnoses of Cognitive Impairment, Not Dementia in a Veterans Affairs Primary Care Population. 
  • State of the art conference on weight management in VA: Policy and research recommendations for advancing behavioral interventions. 
  • Statin Utilization and Recommendations Among HIV- and HCV-infected Veterans: A Cohort Study. 
  • Stigma, perceived blame, self-blame, and depressive symptoms in men with colorectal cancer. 
  • Strategic planning to reduce the burden of stroke among veterans: using simulation modeling to inform decision making. 
  • Study protocol: Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) - a randomized, controlled trial. 
  • Study protocol: home-based telehealth stroke care: a randomized trial for veterans. 
  • Subjective and objective evaluations of health among middle-aged and older veterans with hypertension. 
  • Suicide and substance use among female veterans: a need for research. 
  • Supporting teams to optimize function and independence in Veterans: a multi-study program and mixed methods protocol. 
  • Survey of Providers' Attitudes Toward Integrating Smoking Cessation Treatment Into Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Care 
  • Surveying treatment preferences in U.S. Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD symptoms: a step toward veteran-centered care. 
  • Survival among high-risk patients after bariatric surgery. 
  • Survival analysis in amputees based on physical independence grade achievement. 
  • Symptom and comorbidity patterns in World War II and Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Systematic review of women veterans' mental health. 
  • THE DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE OF PTSD: A REPLICATION AND EXTENSION 
  • Tele-Assessment of the Berg Balance Scale: Effects of Transmission Characteristics. 
  • Telemedicine cardiovascular risk reduction in veterans. 
  • Ten years and 100,000 participants later: occupational and other factors influencing participation in US Gulf War health registries. 
  • Testing fine motor coordination via telehealth: Effects of video characteristics on reliability and validity. 
  • The Association Between Primary Source of Healthcare Coverage and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among US Veterans. 
  • The Gerofit Program: a VA innovation. 
  • The Impact of Cannabis Use Disorder on Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans with and without Mental Health Disorders. 
  • The Infrequency-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder scale (Fptsd) for the MMPI-2: development and initial validation with veterans presenting with combat-related PTSD. 
  • The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-Military Version. 
  • The National Registry of Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) #500a. 
  • The National Registry of Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 
  • The Post-Deployment Mental Health (PDMH) study and repository: A multi-site study of US Afghanistan and Iraq era veterans. 
  • The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Health in a Survey of U.S. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Era. 
  • The Self-Management of OsteoArthritis in Veterans (SeMOA) Study: design and methodology. 
  • The Veterans Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders Study: a randomized trial of primary care-based physical activity counseling for older men. 
  • The accuracy of new wheelchair users' predictions about their future wheelchair use. 
  • The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic. 
  • The association between race and prostate cancer risk on initial biopsy in an equal access, multiethnic cohort. 
  • The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans. 
  • The association of anticonvulsant use with fractures in spinal cord injury. 
  • The association of comorbid conditions with patient-reported outcomes in Veterans with hip and knee osteoarthritis. 
  • The association of opioid use with incident lower extremity fractures in spinal cord injury. 
  • The challenges of multimorbidity from the patient perspective. 
  • The continuity and quality of primary care. 
  • The critical warzone experiences (CWE) scale: initial psychometric properties and association with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. 
  • The effect of past-injury on pain threshold and tolerance. 
  • The epidemiology of health problems in returning Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans. A national and North Carolina-based summary. 
  • The ethics of swimming pools. 
  • The factor structure of psychiatric comorbidity among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans and its relationship to violence, incarceration, suicide attempts, and suicidality. 
  • The hazards of stroke case selection using administrative data. 
  • The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. 
  • The impact of self-reported arthritis and diabetes on response to a home-based physical activity counselling intervention. 
  • The impact of social support on psychological distress for U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq era veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses. 
  • The impact of supervised exercise on the psychological well-being and health status of older veterans. 
  • The influence of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation among U.S. Vietnam-era and Afghanistan/Iraq-era veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • The influence of health literacy level on an educational intervention to improve glaucoma medication adherence. 
  • The influence of statin medications on prostate-specific antigen levels. 
  • The intersection of patient complexity, prescriber continuity and acute care utilization. 
  • The longevity gap between Black and White men in the United States at the beginning and end of the 20th century. 
  • The millennium Cohort Study: a 21-year prospective cohort study of 140,000 military personnel. 
  • The postwar hospitalization experience of Gulf War Veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq. 
  • The postwar hospitalization experience of Gulf War veterans participating in U.S. health registries. 
  • The postwar hospitalization experience of U.S. veterans of the Persian Gulf War. 
  • The prevalence of binge drinking and receipt of provider drinking advice among US veterans with military service in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
  • The prevalence of lateral lead early repolarization in otherwise normal electrocardiograms as a function of age. 
  • The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context. 
  • The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans: a meta-analysis. 
  • The psychological risks of Vietnam: the NVVRS perspective. 
  • The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic. 
  • The receipt of prevention services by veterans using VA versus non-VA facilities. 
  • The relationship between hostility and behavioral risk factors for poor health in women veterans. 
  • The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking outcome expectancies among U.S. military veterans who served since September 11, 2001. 
  • The relationship between self-rated health and health care service use among women veterans in a primary care clinic. 
  • The risk of birth defects among children of Persian Gulf War veterans. 
  • The risk of subsequent fractures in community-dwelling men and male veterans with hip fracture. 
  • The structure and structural effects of VA rehabilitation bedservice care for stroke. 
  • The structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in war veterans. 
  • The use of prazosin for the treatment of trauma nightmares and sleep disturbance in combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. 
  • The validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Davidson Trauma Scale in military veterans who have served since September 11th, 2001. 
  • The validity in persons with spinal cord injury of a self-reported functional measure derived from the functional independence measure. 
  • The veterans' study to improve the control of hypertension (V-STITCH): design and methodology. 
  • Theoretical and empirical issues in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans. 
  • Therapeutic failure-related hospitalisations in the frail elderly. 
  • Three- to four-year follow-up to an open trial of nefazodone for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Time to diagnosis in the National Registry of Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 
  • Tobacco use among Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators, and treatment preferences. 
  • Tobacco use trajectories among a large cohort of treated smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Trail making test performance in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Transportation: a vehicle or roadblock to cancer care for VA patients with colorectal cancer? 
  • Trauma re-experiencing symptoms modulate topology of intrinsic functional networks. 
  • Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: New Results From a National Random Sample Study. 
  • Traumatic Brain Injury, Sleep Quality, and Suicidal Ideation in Iraq/Afghanistan Era Veterans. 
  • Treatment Options for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 
  • Trends in Palliative Care Use in Veterans With Severe Heart Failure Using a Large National Cohort. 
  • Tretinoin and the prevention of keratinocyte carcinoma (Basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin): a veterans affairs randomized chemoprevention trial. 
  • Trial of trazodone for posttraumatic stress disorder using a multiple baseline group design. 
  • Two-year outcomes in primary THA in obese male veterans administration medical center patients. 
  • Two-year trends in physical performance following supervised exercise among community-dwelling older veterans. 
  • Understanding racial differences in cardiovascular care and outcomes: issues for the new millennium. 
  • Underuse of indicated medications among physically frail older US veterans at the time of hospital discharge: results of a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Drug Study. 
  • Use of a learning collaborative to support implementation of integrated care for smoking cessation for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Use of outpatient care in VA and Medicare among disability-eligible and age-eligible veteran patients. 
  • Use of outpatient care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among veterans receiving primary care in community-based and hospital outpatient clinics. 
  • Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness. 
  • Use of psychosocial support services among male Veterans Affairs colorectal cancer patients. 
  • Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study. 
  • Utilization of complementary and integrative health services and opioid therapy by patients receiving Veterans Health Administration pain care. 
  • Utilization of hospital-based chaplain services among newly diagnosed male Veterans Affairs colorectal cancer patients. 
  • Utilizing Evidence to Address the Health and Health Care Needs of Veterans. 
  • Validation and comparison of quality-of-life measures for topical 5-fluorouracil treatment: results from a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Validation of Veterans Affairs Electronic Medical Record Smoking Data Among Iraq- and Afghanistan-Era Veterans. 
  • Validation of a multimethod assessment of posttraumatic stress disorders in Vietnam veterans. 
  • Validation of self-reported colorectal cancer screening behavior from a mixed-mode survey of veterans. 
  • Validation of the Impact of Event Scale on a sample of American Vietnam veterans. 
  • Validation of the Purdue Post-Traumatic Stress Scale on a sample of Vietnam veterans. 
  • Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD. 
  • Variation in estimates of limited health literacy by assessment instruments and non-response bias. 
  • Vasomotor Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Postmenopausal Women. 
  • Veterans Affairs Geriatric Scholars Program: Enhancing Existing Primary Care Clinician Skills in Caring for Older Veterans. 
  • Veterans Affairs Research and Development: using science to improve health care for veterans. 
  • Veterans Living with HIV: A High-Risk Group for Cigarette Smoking. 
  • Veterans more likely to start hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula. 
  • Veterans' Preferences for Receiving Information About VA Services: Is Getting the Information You Want Related to Increased Health Care Utilization? 
  • Violence and hostility among families of Vietnam veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Violent behaviour and post-traumatic stress disorder in US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • Walking speed predicts health status and hospital costs for frail elderly male veterans. 
  • Wall/Object Punching: An Important but Under-Recognized Form of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. 
  • Wheelchair use by veterans newly prescribed a manual wheelchair. 
  • White matter compromise in veterans exposed to primary blast forces. 
  • Why elderly veterans choose VA services. 
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  • Acheson, Shawn K., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Translational Neuroscience
  • Bradford, Daniel William, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry
  • Brancu, Mira, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry
  • Cho, Alex Han, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Dedert, Eric, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine
  • Dillon, Paul Andrew, Adjunct Instructor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Fisher, Deborah Anne, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Gellad, Ziad F., Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Grambow, Steven C., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Hall, Katherine Shepherd, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics
  • Kimbrel, Nathan Andrew, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine
  • Lee, Richard Hsang-Young, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
  • Liu, Yutao, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Genetics
  • McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing
  • Moorman, Patricia Gripka, Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Muir, Kelly Walton, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
  • Nieuwsma, Jason A, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry
  • Olsen, Maren Karine, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Olson, Steven Arthur, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Patel, Uptal Dinesh, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology
  • Sowers, Thomas Skerik, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Political Science
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Taylor, Gregory Alan, Associate Professor in Medicine, Immunology
  • Ulmer, Christi S, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine
  • Van Voorhees, Elizabeth E., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine
  • Weinhold, Kent James, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Yancy Jr., William Samuel, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology