French residents are inadequately trained in the prevention of complications related to air travel

The questionnaire was divided into four principal sections with 10 questions in total: demographic characteristics, travel-medicine education, knowledge regarding diseases related to air travel, and prevention of these complications. Every resident was attributed a grade of knowledge ranging from 0...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2018-07, Vol.24 (July–August 2018), p.10-11
Main Authors: Naouri, Diane, Lapostolle, Frederic, Rondet, Claire, Ganansia, Olivier, Pateron, Dominique, Yordanov, Youri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Air transportation
Air travel
Aircraft
Conflicts of interest
Disease prevention
Diseases
Diving
Funding
Health education
Human health and pathology
Infectious diseases
Knowledge
Life Sciences
Medical education
Medical sciences
Myocardial infarction
Prevention
Primary care
Scuba diving
Travel medicine
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Summary:The questionnaire was divided into four principal sections with 10 questions in total: demographic characteristics, travel-medicine education, knowledge regarding diseases related to air travel, and prevention of these complications. Every resident was attributed a grade of knowledge ranging from 0 to 20 by summing 1) the number of correct answers regarding diseases related to air travel among the 17 proposed and 2) the number of correct responses concerning times to respect before three events and flight: a) myocardial infarction without complications; b) abdominal surgery and c) scuba diving. All authors revised and reviewed the paper.Declaration of interests The authors declare no conflict of interest.Funding and role of the funding sources This study did not receive any specific funding.Acknowledgment The authors thank Laura Smales (BioMedEditing) for editing.
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.06.003