Table 2 Participant military-related demographic characteristics
From: The impact of moral injury on the wellbeing of UK military veterans
Moral injury | Trauma | Mixed | No event | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 66 | 57 | 31 | 50 | |
Branch, n(%) | 0.98 | ||||
Royal Navy/ Royal Marines | 10 (15.15) | 7 (12.5) | 6 (19.4) | 7 (14.0) | |
Army | 46 (69.7) | 42 (75.0) | 21 (67.7) | 35 (70.0) | |
Royal Air Force | 10 (15.2) | 7 (12.5) | 4 (12.9) | 8 (16.0) | |
Rank, n(%)a | 0.62 | ||||
Officer | 18 (29.0) | 8 (14.6) | 8 (27.6) | 14 (28.6) | |
Non-commissioned officer | 20 (32.3) | 21 (38.2) | 9 (31.0) | 17 (34.7) | |
Junior rank | 24 (38.7) | 26 (47.3) | 12 (41.4) | 18 (36.7) | |
Length of service (years), M (SD) | 17.6 (9.6) | 17.2 (9.1) | 16.0 (8.5) | 18.5 (10.5) | 0.50 |
Deployed, n(%) | 57 (86.4) | 51 (89.5) | 29 (96.7) | 41 (83.7) | 0.35 |
Number of deployments, M (SD) | 5.0 (3.8) | 7.9 (14.0) | 5.1 (4.5) | 4.5 (3.6) | 0.29 |
Moderate-heavy combat exposure | 32 (48.5) | 31 (54.4) | 16 (51.6) | 18 (36.0) | 0.27 |
Deployment theatre, n(%)b | |||||
Iraq | 29 (43.9) | 28 (49.1) | 18 (58.1) | 21 (42.9) | 0.53 |
Afghanistan | 31 (47.0) | 20 (35.1) | 13 (41.9) | 19 (38.0) | 0.58 |
Bosnia/Kosovo | 27 (40.9) | 20 (35.1) | 12 (38.7) | 10 (20.0) | 0.10 |
Other location | 51 (79.7) | 44 (78.6) | 20 (64.5) | 30 (62.5) | 0.11 |
Deployment type, n(%)b | |||||
Disaster assistance | 13 (20.3) | 7 (12.5) | 4 (12.9) | 4 (9.1) | 0.42 |
Peacekeeping | 29 (45.3) | 21 (37.5) | 13 (41.9) | 19 (43.2) | 0.86 |
Peace enforcement | 26 (40.6) | 24 (42.9) | 12 (38.7) | 16 (36.4) | 0.93 |
Warfighting | 41 (64.1) | 38 (67.9) | 19 (61.3) | 24 (54.6) | 0.58 |
Other duty | 9 (14.1) | 8 (14.3) | 7 (22.6) | 8 (18.2) | 0.69 |