Health Care Avoidance Among Canadian Pilots Due to Fear of Medical Certificate Loss: A National Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
| Autor: | Patel PK; From the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada (P.K.P.); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (P.K.P., J.P.A.); Department of Aviation, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Science, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota (W.R.H.); Department of Graduate Medical Education, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas (J.A., W.R.H.); and Innovation and Portfolio Management, Canadian Blood Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada (J.P.A.)., Hoffman WR, Aden J, Acker JP |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2023 Jun 01; Vol. 65 (6), pp. e413-e417. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 14. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002838 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Canadian pilots may avoid health care and report inaccurate medical information due to fear of medical invalidation. We sought to determine if health care avoidance due to fear of certificate loss exists. Methods: We conducted an anonymous 24-item Internet survey of 1405 Canadian pilots between March and May 2021. Responses were collected using REDCap, and the survey was advertised through aviation magazines and social media groups. Results: Seventy-two percent of respondents (n = 1007) have felt worried about seeking medical care because it may impact their career or hobby. Respondents participated in various health care avoidance behaviors with the most common being having actually avoided or delayed medical care for a symptom (46%, n = 647). Conclusion: Canadian pilots fear medical invalidation and consequently, avoid health care. This may be severely impacting aeromedical screening effectiveness. Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: J.P.A. has financial relationships with HemoCue America, Rubius Therapeutics and PanTHERA CryoSolutions Inc. Jason P. Acker is also on the scientific advisory committee for BioLife Solutions. (Copyright © 2023 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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