ArticleBMJ open2026
Physical and mental health of ethnic minority service personnel in the UK Armed Forces: a retrospective pooled cross-sectional analysis.
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objectivesTo assess physical and mental symptoms by ethnicity of a UK Armed Forces cohort.
designA retrospective, pooled cross-sectional analysis.
settingSelf-report questionnaire collected between 2004-2023.
participantsThree samples of UK Armed Forces, including a Gurkha (n=254), Fijian (n=112) and a heterogeneous sample of British ethnic minority personnel (n=178) were compared with a sample of white British participants (n=254). MAIN EXPOSURE MEASURE: Physical and mental health symptoms were measured using individual items from the Patient Health Questionnaire, Post-traumatic Stress Checklist (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) drawn from four phases of cohort data. Ethnic samples were matched by military role and veteran or active service status.
resultsBased on their first assessment, 60 white British participants (24.2%) met GHQ criteria for common mental disorder, significantly higher than found for the other three groups (χ
conclusionsPatterns of mental and physical symptoms warrant further investigation to inform prevention, more precise diagnosis and tailored care and treatment for specific ethnic groups.
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