Injuries and injury risk factors among men and women in U.S. Army Combat Medic Advanced Individual Training

No previous reports have evaluated injuries or injury risk factors during the advanced individual training (AIT) that follows the Army's initial or basic combat training (BCT). This study examined injuries and injury risk factors among 439 men and 287 women participating in combat medic AIT. A...

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Published in:Military medicine 2000-09, Vol.165 (9), p.647-652
Main Authors: HENDERSON, Nancy E, KNAPIK, Joseph J, SHAFFER, Scott W, MCKENZIE, Tammy H, SCHNEIDER, Gail M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol use
Allied Health Personnel - education
Allied Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Armed forces
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Data analysis
Exercise
Female
Gender
Humans
Incidence
Injuries
Inservice Training
Life Style
Lifestyles
Logistic Models
Male
Medical records
Medical sciences
Military personnel
Military Personnel - education
Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Military training
Miscellaneous
Motor ability
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Sex Characteristics
Sex Distribution
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
United States - epidemiology
Women
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
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Summary:No previous reports have evaluated injuries or injury risk factors during the advanced individual training (AIT) that follows the Army's initial or basic combat training (BCT). This study examined injuries and injury risk factors among 439 men and 287 women participating in combat medic AIT. A questionnaire addressing demographic and lifestyle characteristics (age, race, tobacco and alcohol use, physical activity, etc.) was administered to all subjects. Stature and body mass were obtained from battalion records. Injuries occurring during both BCT and AIT were transcribed from subject medical records. Results indicated that cumulative injury incidence (subjects with one or more injuries) in BCT was 26% for men and 52% for women (p < 0.01), in consonance with previous investigations. In AIT, injury incidence was 24% for men and 30% for women (p = 0.08). In both BCT and AIT, overuse injuries and lower body injuries accounted for the largest proportions of injuries by diagnosis and anatomical location. Logistic regression revealed that older age (> 25 years), split option (a break in service between BCT and AIT), and higher body mass were independent risk factors for AIT injuries among women. None of the examined variables were independent risk factors for AIT injuries among men.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/165.9.647