Healthcare related aversion and care seeking patterns of female aviators in the United States
| Autor: | Matthew Bezzant, R Daniel Barbera, William Hoffman, Aykut Üren, James Aden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Care seeking Aviation Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology Medical care Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans General Environmental Science business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate United States Pilots Family medicine Cohort Aerospace Medicine Healthcare seeking Female Aviation medicine business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Archives of environmentaloccupational health. 77(3) |
| ISSN: | 2154-4700 |
| Popis: | Diagnosis of a new medical condition in pilots may precipitate the end of an aviation career or hobby. For this reason, a barrier exists for pilots to seek medical care due to fear of losing an aeromedical certificate. Females represent a growing proportion of pilots in the United States and data on healthcare seeking behavior in this cohort is sparse. We conducted an anonymous online survey of 154 female pilots and 131 female non-pilots in the United States. 83.7% of female pilots have experienced healthcare related aversion compared to 27.5% of non-pilots. 66.7% of female pilots had withheld information from a physician while 46.0% had delayed or forwent medical care due to concern for their medical status. Further studies should be conducted to inform policy change to address pilot healthcare barriers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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