Key result
A review of literature on chronic conditions among women veterans found that most studies remain descriptive or observational, highlighting a critical need for comparative effectiveness research.
There is a significant gap in comparative effectiveness research and clinical trials focusing on chronic conditions in women veterans.
Limited evidence precludes confident care decisions for women veterans with chronic conditions; leaves open the need for comparative effectiveness trials.
This article aims to critically analyze research focused on the findings for five chronic conditions: chronic pain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, HIV and cancer among women veterans to identify opportunities for comparative effectiveness research. We provide a descriptive analysis from the relevant articles in prior systematic reviews. In order to identify potential gaps in research for these specific conditions, we also conducted a literature search to highlight studies focusing on women veterans published since the last systematic review. While the scientific knowledge base has grown for these chronic conditions among women veterans, the vast majority of the published literature remains descriptive and/or observational, with only a few studies examining gender differences and even fewer clinical trials. There is a need to conduct comparative effectiveness research on chronic conditions among women veterans to improve health and healthcare.
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Bielawski et al. (2014) conducted a review in Chronic pain, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, HIV, and cancer. A review of literature on chronic conditions among women veterans found that most studies remain descriptive or observational, highlighting a critical need for comparative effectiveness research.
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