{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The ArmeD SerVices TrAuma RehabilitatioN OutComE (ADVANCE) Study a is a lifetime prospective cohort study which aims to determine the long-term effects on both physical and psychosocial health of servicemen surviving severe combat related trauma."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Approximately 1,200 Afghanistan-deployed male UK military personnel and veterans have been recruited and will attend regular study visits. Half of the participants have sustained combat trauma, and the other half act as the control group. Participants undergo a series of physical health tests and questionnaires through which information is collected on cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD risk factors, musculoskeletal disease, TBI, mental health, functional and social outcomes, quality of life, employment and more. The Study has a Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee approval."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The objective of the ADVANCE Study is to investigate the long-term medical and psychosocial outcomes of UK military personnel who sustained combat trauma. We hypothesise that combat trauma casualties will have an increased incidence of adverse medical, psychosocial and vocational long-term outcomes compared with equivalent but non-injured service personnel."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The ADVANCE Study is, worldwide, the only longitudinal cohort study evaluating the effect of combat trauma on a range of health indicators in military personnel who served in the Afghanistan war. ADVANCE will provide a wide range of longitudinal data across sociodemographic, physical health and mental health outcomes, providing evidence for incidence and risk of disease and non-disease outcomes. ADVANCE will provide high levels of evidence that will influence future healthcare of combat and major trauma patients."}]}]}
