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  • Well-Being Domains in U.S. Military Veterans: Identifying Modifiable Factors to Promote Whole Health

  • Ian C. Fischer, Peter J. Na, David B. Feldman, Alex H. Krist, Harold S. Kudler, Dilip V. Jeste, Robert H. Pietrzak
  • Journal:
    International Psychogeriatrics / Accepted manuscript
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 May 2024, pp. 1-12

  • The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is actively transitioning away from a disease-centric model of healthcare to one that prioritizes disease prevention and the promotion of overall health and well-being. Described as Whole Health, this initiative aims to provide personalized, values-centered care that optimizes physical, behavioral, spiritual, and socioeconomic well-being. To inform this initiative, we analyzed cross-sectional data from a nationally representative sample of primarily older U.S. military veterans to estimate levels of well-being across these domains, and identify sociodemographic, military, and potentially modifiable health and psychosocial correlates of them. Results revealed that, overall, veterans reported high domain-specific well-being (average scores ranging from 6.7 to 8.3 out of 10), with the highest levels in the socioeconomic domain and lowest in the physical domain. Several modifiable factors, including purpose in life, resilience, and social support, were strongly associated with the examined well-being domains. Interventions targeting these constructs may help promote well-being among U.S. veterans.

  • Identifying significant correlates of purpose in life in older US military veterans: results from the national health and resilience in veterans study

  • Ian C. Fischer, David B. Feldman, Jack Tsai, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Katherine A. Lucas, Stefan E. Schulenberg, Robert H. Pietrzak
  • Journal:
    International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 35 / Issue 10 / October 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    30 January 2023, pp. 560-565
  • Objective:

    Perceived purpose in life (PIL) has been linked to a broad range of adverse physical, mental, and cognitive outcomes. However, limited research has examined factors associated with PIL that can be targeted in prevention and treatment efforts in aging populations at heightened risk of adverse outcomes. Using data from predominantly older US veterans, we sought to identify important correlates of PIL.

    Methods:

    Cross-sectional data were analyzed from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 4069 US military veterans (Mage = 62.2). Elastic net and relative importance analyses were conducted to evaluate sociodemographic, military, health, and psychosocial variables that were strongly associated with PIL.

    Results:

    Of the 39 variables entered into an elastic net analysis, 10 were identified as significant correlates of PIL. In order of magnitude, these were resilience (18.7% relative variance explained [RVE]), optimism (12.1%), depressive symptoms (11.3%), community integration (10.7%), gratitude (10.2%), loneliness (9.8%), received social support (8.6%), conscientiousness (8.5%), openness to experience (5.4%), and intrinsic religiosity (4.7%).

    Conclusions:

    Several modifiable psychosocial factors emerged as significant correlates of PIL in US military veterans. Interventions designed to target these factors may help increase PIL and mitigate risk for adverse health outcomes in this population.

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