Barnes Vernon A, Davis Harry, Treiber Frank A
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Mil Med. 2007 Jan;172(1):40-3. doi: 10.7205/milmed.172.1.40.
This study compared the impact of the 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) and self-reported stress levels among three groups of self-categorized adolescents: (1) military dependents with family members deployed; (2) military dependents with no family members deployed; (3) civilian dependents. At the onset and end of the "major hostilities" of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 121 adolescents (mean age = 15.8 +/- 1.1 years) completed questionnaires evaluating the psychological impact of the war and were evaluated for HR and BP. The military deployed dependents exhibited significantly higher HR than other groups at both evaluations (both p < 0.04). Ethnicity by group interactions indicated that European American-deployed dependents had higher stress scores at both time points (p < 0.02). Military dependent European Americans exhibited higher systolic BP compared to the other groups on the second evaluation (p < 0.03).
本研究比较了2003年伊拉克自由行动对三组自行分类的青少年的心率（HR）、血压（BP）和自我报告的压力水平的影响：（1）家庭成员被部署的军属；（2）没有家庭成员被部署的军属；（3）平民家属。在伊拉克自由行动“主要敌对行动”开始和结束时，121名青少年（平均年龄=15.8±1.1岁）完成了评估战争心理影响的问卷，并接受了心率和血压评估。在两次评估中，被部署的军属的心率均显著高于其他组（p均<0.04）。按组交互作用的种族分析表明，被部署的欧美裔军属在两个时间点的压力得分均较高（p<0.02）。在第二次评估中，与其他组相比，欧美裔军属的收缩压更高（p<0.03）。
