OBJECTIVE Past self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) are robust predictors of future suicide risk, but no studies have explored the prevalence of SITB occurring prior to military service among military personnel and veterans, or the association of premilitary SITB with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts during or after military service. The current study explores these issues in two ...

fecal calprotectin is released in colon by activated neutrophils. investigation of diagnostic application of determination of fecal calprotectin levels is considered by many researchers to compare between different colorectal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) and inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd). due to the effect of nutrition habits on the inflammatory processes of bowel, the main ...

Deployment has well documented psychological consequences for military personnel. To fully understand the human cost of war, the psychosocial impact of separation and homecoming of military personnel on their families must also be considered. Recent arduous conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan make understanding the impact of war on spouses topical and pertinent. Widespread psychological morbidity...

background: in most armies, clothes, equipment and weapons are designed according to the physical characteristics and anthropometric data of soldiers. objective: to study the anthropometric characteristics of iranian army force and their changes over recent years. methods: 12 635 iranian military personnel aged between 18 and 30 years with tenure of <10 years who were normally engaged in educat...

religious values were investigated in a group of iranian revolutionary guards in tehran.the sample consisted of official duty troops and conscripts who were in prison due to a crime. one hundred thirty seven individuals cooperated with us in the project (37 official personnel and 100 conscripts). the instruments used included a demographic questionnaire containing personal data and the allport,...

background promoting varicella vaccination for military personnel and conscripts, as one of the susceptible and high-risk groups, is an important governmental approach in every society. the present study aimed to address the seroprevalence of this infection and its immunization level among iranian military conscripts. objectives this study was conducted to determine seroprevalence of varicella ...

Nowadays in the world, tuberculosis is the second largest killer of adults after HIV. Due to the location of presidios that is mostly located in hazardous zones soldiers and army personnel are considered high risk, therefore we decided to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis status in this group of people. This was a cross-sectional descriptive research that studied the prevalence of pulmon...

OBJECTIVE To compare the tobacco use profile of recruits with that of military personnel on active duty to determine whether the military environment in some way induces service members to initiate tobacco use. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional survey of United States armed forces active duty and recruit personnel in 1994-95. SUBJECTS 2711 military recruits and 4603 military personnel on a...