1. Healthcare Avoidance in Aircraft Pilots Due to Concern for Aeromedical Certificate Loss
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William R, Hoffman, James, Aden, R Daniel, Barbera, Ryan, Mayes, Adam, Willis, Parth, Patel, and Anthony, Tvaryanas
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Pilots ,Aircraft ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Aerospace Medicine ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Humans ,Air Ambulances ,Delivery of Health Care - Abstract
To study healthcare avoidance behavior in pilots related to fear of aeromedical certificate loss.Voluntary participation in an anonymous survey distributed to U.S. pilots.A total of 3765 pilots were included in the analysis. There were 56.1% of pilots (n = 2111) who reported a history of healthcare avoidance behavior due fear for losing their aeromedical certificate. There were 45.7% who sought informal medical care (n = 1721) and 26.8% who misrepresented/withheld information on a written healthcare questionnaire for fear of aeromedical certificate loss (n = 994).Aircraft pilots may participate in healthcare avoidance behavior related to fear of losing their aeromedical certificate. Further work is necessary to address pilot healthcare avoidance.
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- 2022
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