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Military Service Identification Tool

NCT04299789 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 5844

Last updated 2021-09-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Estimates of the UK's military veteran population, defined by the British Government as those who have served in the military for at least one day, is approximately 2.5 million, equivalent to around 5% of household residents aged 16 years or over in the UK. UK military veterans receive healthcare provision from the National Health Service (NHS), with care recorded in local, regional and national EHRs. EHRs - structured and unstructured (i.e. free text) - can be used to evaluate disease prevalence, surveillance, to perform epidemiological analyses and investigate quality of care and to improve clinical decision-making.

There is no national marker in UK EHRs to identify veterans, nor is there a requirement for healthcare professionals to record it, making it difficult to evaluate the unique healthcare needs of those who have served in the UK Armed Forces. This study, funded by Forces in Mind Trust, seeks to validate the Military Service Identification Tool, an open-source computer program that searches through free-text clinical notes to make a prediction on a person's military status. It is in the public interest to know the health of our Armed Forces. The Tool has been validated using manually annotated datasets, but we now need to valid an individual's military status by contacting them via post or telephone and asking, "Have you ever served in the Armed Forces". The research team will work closely with the CRIS Patient Advisory Group and local healthcare professionals.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Validating the Military Service Identification Tool

This study seeks to validate the Military Service Identification Tool in its ability to accurately determine military service status.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Forces in Mind Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Combat Stress

    collaborator OTHER

  • King's College London

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-01
Completion
2022-09-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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