Aviator Occupational Behavior Surrounding COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey.
aerospace medicine
aviation
covid-19
international and travel medicine
vaccination policy
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
accepted:
22
03
2022
entrez:
27
4
2022
pubmed:
28
4
2022
medline:
28
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has precipitated change across the aviation industry, including aeromedical standards. U.S. pilot occupational behavior regarding COVID-19 infections and vaccinations have not been well-studied. Methods We conducted an anonymous survey of 661 U.S. pilots from September 1, 2021, through December 15, 2021. Results We found 23.8% of pilots reported a history of COVID-19 infection but only 20.5% of infected pilots reported this history to an aeromedical examiner (AME)/flight surgeon. Of uninfected pilots, 50.5% reported being either extremely unlikely or somewhat unlikely to disclose a new infection to an AME/flight surgeon. Seventy-nine point six percent (79.6%) of pilots received at least one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine and 89.6% of those who received a vaccine complied with the 48-hour no-flying policy. Of the unvaccinated pilots, 74.5% reported being either extremely unlikely or somewhat unlikely to receive a vaccine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35475044
doi: 10.7759/cureus.23406
pmc: PMC9023166
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e23406Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Hoffman et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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