COVID-19 Concerns, Information Needs, and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes among U.S. Soldiers.
Phillip J QuartanaMatthew R BeymerStephanie A Q GomezAmy B AdlerTheresa Jackson SantoJeffrey L ThomasAmy Millikan BellPublished in: Military medicine (2023)
COVID-19 concerns and information needs were prevalent and showed little evidence of decrement over the course of the first 6 months of the pandemic. COVID-19 concerns were consistently associated with adverse mental health outcomes. These data highlight two targets and potential demographic subgroups such that local leadership and Army medicine and public health enterprises can be better prepared to monitor and address to maintain force health and readiness in the face of possible future biomedical threats.