Longitudinal association of health behaviors and health-related quality of life with military spouse readiness
Corry, N. H., Radakrishnan, S.,
Williams, C. S., Woodall, K. A., & Stander, V. A. (2024). Longitudinal
association of health behaviors and health-related quality of life with military
spouse readiness. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 1341.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18786-2
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This study used 2 waves of data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study to examine the relationships between military spouses’ health behaviors and their readiness as a military spouse, as well as whether their health-related quality of life might explain this relationship. 3,257 spouses of active-duty Service members self-reported their health behaviors (i.e., sleep, smoking, alcohol use, and exercise) and health-related quality of life (i.e., the effect of physical and mental health challenges on daily functioning) at time 1 (T1). To assess military spouse readiness 2 years later (T2), spouses’ missed workdays due to illness or injury as well as number of outpatient healthcare visits and number of days hospitalized per year since T1 were drawn from the Military Health System Data Repository, and their satisfaction with military support and military-related stress were selfreported. In general, spouses’ health behaviors tended to be related to their health-related quality of life, which in turn was linked to their military spouse readiness 2 years later. Sleep had the most robust impact on readiness.
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