METHODS. As part of a comprehensive study of previously deployed military personnel with exertional dyspnea (n=145), all patients underwent pulmonary function testing, screening for burn pit exposure via the VA Burn Pit Registry Questionnaire, and if warranted by sleep questionnaires, in-lab ...
OpenBurnPitRegistryAirborneHazardSelf-AssessmentQuestionnaireWeb-Accessible:VAForm10-10066OMB2900-XXXXA.JUSTIFICATION1.Explainth..
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR) in 2014 to address exposure concerns for veterans who have served in military operations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. By 2021, over 236,086 veterans completed the online questionnaire ...
PitScreenerA serious concern among post-9/11 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (IAV) are health conditions from military and environmental exposure while serving. Many veterans are becoming suddenly ill and experiencing symptoms that have been associated with exposure to burning trash or "burn pits" set...
Deployment history, airborne hazards exposure and symptoms were obtained from the AHOBPR self-assessment questionnaire completed prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection (past). Post-infection symptoms and health behaviors obtained at study interview (present) were used to test the hypothesis that deployment ...
The Wound-QoL-17 questionnaire was distributed to patients before the operation. The questionnaire contained 17 items and each question had five options (not at all, a little, moderately, quite a lot, very much). The results are presented inTable 2andFigure 4. ...