Intentional Self-Harm Among US Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Retrospective Cohort Study From 2008 to 2017
Rawat B, Reisman J, Pogoda T, Liu W, Rongali S, Aseltine R, Chen K, Tsai J, Berlowitz D, Yu H, Carlson K. Intentional Self-Harm Among US Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Retrospective Cohort Study From 2008 to 2017. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2023, 9: e42803. PMID: 37486751, PMCID: PMC10407646, DOI: 10.2196/42803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic brain injurySelf-harm diagnosisVeterans Health AdministrationPrior traumatic brain injuryPosttraumatic stress disorderVHA health careIndex dateVHA utilizationHealth care encountersPTSD diagnosisUS veteransBrain injuryPrevalence of TBICharlson Comorbidity Index scoreUS Veterans Health AdministrationStress disorderComorbidity Index scoreRetrospective cohort studyAdjusted odds ratioHealth careSuicide prevention effortsVHA visitCohort studyPotential confoundersInjury codesAssociations Between Natural Language Processing–Enriched Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death Among US Veterans
Mitra A, Pradhan R, Melamed R, Chen K, Hoaglin D, Tucker K, Reisman J, Yang Z, Liu W, Tsai J, Yu H. Associations Between Natural Language Processing–Enriched Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death Among US Veterans. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e233079. PMID: 36920391, PMCID: PMC10018322, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjusted odds ratioRisk of suicideSocial determinantsUS Veterans Health AdministrationSuicide deathsCohort entry dateStudy end dateNational Death IndexVeterans Health AdministrationCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionElectronic health record notesUnstructured clinical notesCohort entryDeath IndexMean ageUS veteransOdds ratioSDOHsVeteran deathsMAIN OUTCOMEHealth StudySDOHLarge effect sizesHealth Administration