Long-term impact of battle injuries; Ten-year follow-up of Dutch servicemembers injured in Afghanistan

Service members with battlefield injuries report significantly lower quality of life, predominantly in physical functioning, and higher psychological distress compared to non-injured peers. Most differences between BCs and non-injured peers identified in our 5Y follow-up remained significantly different. We provide recommendations to improve the quality of aftercare based on our observations (1) periodical evaluation every 3-5 years, (2) comprehensive assessment of care needs and (3) balancing disease burden and health to optimize societal and workplace integration.

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PLoS ONE
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2025-11-12
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334622
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
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Long-term impact of battle injuries; Ten-year follow-up of Dutch servicemembers injured in Afghanistan

Benjamin Turner, Floris J. Idenburg, Eric Vermetten, Rigo Hoencamp et al.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
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Long-term impact of battle injuries; Ten-year follow-up of Dutch servicemembers injured in Afghanistan

Benjamin Turner, Floris J. Idenburg, Eric Vermetten, Rigo Hoencamp, Erik Hoencamp, Thijs T. C. F. van Dongen, Eelco Huizinga, Loes de Kruijff
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Service members with battlefield injuries report significantly lower quality of life, predominantly in physical functioning, and higher psychological distress compared to non-injured peers. Most differences between BCs and non-injured peers identified in our 5Y follow-up remained significantly different. We provide recommendations to improve the quality of aftercare based on our observations (1) periodical evaluation every 3-5 years, (2) comprehensive assessment of care needs and (3) balancing disease burden and health to optimize societal and workplace integration.

PLoS ONEVol. 20(11)
Leiden University (NL), Leiden University Medical Center (NL), Royal Navy (GB), Erasmus MC (NL), Ministry of Defence (NL), Alrijne Ziekenhuis (NL), Central Military Hospital (NL), Ministry of Defence (BR), De Hoogstraat Revalidatie (NL), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
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Long-term impact of battle injuries; Ten-year follow-up of Dutch servicemembers injured in Afghanistan — Benjamin Turner, Floris J. Idenburg, et al. · PLoS ONE (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS