Geographically Based Risk Evaluation of Disease States and Sleep Disorders Impacting Readiness Across Active-Duty Army Installations from Military Medical Databases in Fiscal Year 2021
Abstract
The impact of sleep disorders and disease states on active-duty soldiers’ readiness is a clinically relevant and significant topic. This is due to the high comorbidity of sleep disorders and a wide variety of other condition, ranging from substance abuse to obesity. Patient data collected from military health databases can be used to establish possible relationships. The current study performed a risk assessment of sleep disorders, obesity, tobacco use, and general substance abuse based on geographical distribution of active-duty Army installations through a comprehensive analysis of the Office of the Army Surgeon General Health of the Force (HoF) report, specifically for Fiscal Year 2021, which summarized data collected during 2020. Based on previous analysis done in 2017 that found that large training installations in the Southern United States were at a greater risk for sleep disorders than others we predict that similar results will be present in the current HoF report leading to strong geographical influences on readiness in active-duty soldiers comparable to civilian sectors.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Allison Brager
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-5-2023 12:00 PM
End Date
4-6-2023 4:00 PM
Geographically Based Risk Evaluation of Disease States and Sleep Disorders Impacting Readiness Across Active-Duty Army Installations from Military Medical Databases in Fiscal Year 2021
Alvin Sherman Library
The impact of sleep disorders and disease states on active-duty soldiers’ readiness is a clinically relevant and significant topic. This is due to the high comorbidity of sleep disorders and a wide variety of other condition, ranging from substance abuse to obesity. Patient data collected from military health databases can be used to establish possible relationships. The current study performed a risk assessment of sleep disorders, obesity, tobacco use, and general substance abuse based on geographical distribution of active-duty Army installations through a comprehensive analysis of the Office of the Army Surgeon General Health of the Force (HoF) report, specifically for Fiscal Year 2021, which summarized data collected during 2020. Based on previous analysis done in 2017 that found that large training installations in the Southern United States were at a greater risk for sleep disorders than others we predict that similar results will be present in the current HoF report leading to strong geographical influences on readiness in active-duty soldiers comparable to civilian sectors.
