Hoffman William R, Aden James, Barbera R Daniel, Mayes Ryan, Willis Adam, Patel Parth, Tvaryanas Anthony
Department of Neurology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas (Dr Hoffman and Dr Willis); Department of Graduate Medical Education, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas (Dr Aden); Department of Flight Medicine, Hulbert Field Medical Center, U.S. Air Force, Hulbert Field, Florida (Dr Barbera); School of Aerospace Medicine, U.S. Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (Dr Mayes); University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Mr Patel); Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Dr Tvaryanas).
J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Apr 1;64(4):e245-e248. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002519. Epub 2022 Feb 15.
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.
研究飞行员因害怕失去航空医疗证书而出现的医疗回避行为。
美国飞行员自愿参与一项匿名调查。
共有3765名飞行员纳入分析。56.1%的飞行员（n = 2111）报告因害怕失去航空医疗证书而有医疗回避行为史。45.7%的人寻求非正式医疗护理（n = 1721），26.8%的人因害怕失去航空医疗证书而在书面医疗问卷上虚报/隐瞒信息（n = 994）。
飞机飞行员可能因害怕失去航空医疗证书而出现医疗回避行为。有必要开展进一步工作来解决飞行员医疗回避问题。
