title: Mental and physical health status in a community sample of New Zealand Vietnam War veterans.
abstract: The data presented in this paper were obtained by a survey involving 573 New Zealand Vietnam veterans. It represents the first comprehensive report on the mental and physical health of a community sample of these ex-service personnel. Although most of these veterans were reasonably healthy for their age, a small proportion was substantially worse off than their Vietnam veteran peers, reporting relatively low levels of psychological wellbeing, relatively high levels of psychological distress and post-traumatic stress disorder, a greater number and severity of physical health symptoms, lower self-rated health status, and making more frequent contacts with health care providers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D014728:Veterans; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare