Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Aging, Combat Disorders

In brief

The Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study (VE-HEROeS) is a national study on the health and well-being of Vietnam Veterans, including Blue Water Navy Veterans, as well as Veterans who served elsewhere during the Vietnam Era (1961-1975), and similarly aged U.S. residents who never served in the military. The investigators will invite approximately 43,000 Vietnam and Vietnam Era Veterans, and approximately 11,000 members of the general U.S. population to participate in VE-HEROeS. These individuals are scientifically selected to participate; the study is not able to accept volunteers. All participants in VE-HEROeS will be asked to fill out a questionnaire on their military service, general health, age-related conditions, health care use, and the health experiences of their children and grandchildren. A smaller group will be asked to provide the investigators with access to some of their medical records. Topics of special focus for the study include cognition, hepatitis C infection, and neurologic conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02825602

Run by

Veteran Affairs Office of Patient Care Services

People needed

24306

Starts

2016-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-24

Who can join

Age: 58 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• invited to participate through investigators' random sample selection process
• able to provide informed consent
• have a postal address in the U.S. or its territories

You may not qualify if…

• individuals who are incarcerated
• individuals who are unable to complete the survey even with assistance because of cognitive or physical limitations.

Where it is running

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/Epidemiology Program — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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