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Army, Navy, and Air Force safety center ground eye injuries were evaluated from fiscal year 1988 through fiscal year 1998. The U.S. Army Safety Center data revealed that the average Army military eye injury mishap caused a loss of 6.1 days from work, at a cost averaging 9724 dollars. The U.S. Navy Safety Center data showed that the average Navy military eye injury mishap caused a loss of 5.9 days from work, at a cost averaging 4222 dollars. The Air Force Safety Center data revealed that the average Air Force eye injury mishap caused a loss of 4.7 days from work, at a cost averaging 3196 dollars. Comparing safety center data with Defense Medical Surveillance System data exposed an underreporting of safety center data by at least 250%. To improve accurate meaningful data collection, an automated eye injury collection system should be initiated.
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Acidentes de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Traumatismos Oculares/epidemiologia , Medicina Militar/estatística & dados numéricos , Militares/estatística & dados numéricos , Absenteísmo , Adulto , Assistência Ambulatorial/estatística & dados numéricos , Traumatismos Oculares/economia , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Medicina Militar/economia , Vigilância da População , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Optimum vision readiness is essential on today's technologically advanced battlefield. A vision readiness screening of 4,825 active duty personnel at 13 Department of Defense sites from September through December 1997 revealed 4,021 (83.3%) not vision ready: 500 (10.4%) had substandard visual acuity, 1,249 (25.9%) had deficient optical devices, and 3,562 (73.8%) had eye health-related deficiencies. This suggests a more effective ongoing vision readiness process should be implemented to ensure all personnel are vision ready prior to deployment.
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Militares , Transtornos da Visão/diagnóstico , Seleção Visual , Acuidade Visual , Lentes de Contato , Óculos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Programas de Rastreamento , Aptidão Física , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Transtornos da Visão/epidemiologiaRESUMO
An 11-year retrospective study of ground eye injuries collected by the Army Safety Center, Navy Safety Center, and Air Force Safety Center from fiscal year 1988 through 1998 was performed. The statistics for eye injuries indicate that the average Army, Navy, and Air Force individual sustaining an eye injury is a 20- to 24-year-old man with a rank of E2 through E5. The average military individual sustaining an eye injury is not wearing eye protection when injured. In addition, Army personnel lost 1.9 more workdays, Navy personnel lost 1.5 more workdays, and Air Force personnel lost 3.4 more workdays than those individuals who were wearing eye protection at the time of the eye injury. Proactive vision conservation education at local levels needs to focus on the military personnel that are at the highest risk for an eye injury.
