Hoffman William R, Barbera R Daniel, Aden James, Bezzant Matthew, Uren Aykut
Department of Internal Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Sam Houston, TX, USA.
Brooke Army Medical Center Transitional Internship Program, US Army Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2022;77(3):234-242. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2021.1873093. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
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.
飞行员被诊断出患有新的疾病可能会导致其航空生涯或爱好的终结。因此，由于担心失去航空医疗证书，飞行员在寻求医疗护理方面存在障碍。在美国，女性飞行员的比例越来越高，而关于这一群体就医行为的数据却很稀少。我们对美国154名女性飞行员和131名女性非飞行员进行了一项匿名在线调查。83.7%的女性飞行员经历过与医疗保健相关的厌恶情绪，而非飞行员的这一比例为27.5%。66.7%的女性飞行员曾向医生隐瞒信息，46.0%的女性飞行员因担心自己的医疗状况而推迟或放弃了医疗护理。应该进行进一步的研究，为政策变革提供依据，以消除飞行员就医的障碍。
