Background and Aim: Efficient manpower is the most important of military capital, and many studies have shown the relationship between personal health and organizational performance. The preparation of military cadet volunteers to enter aeronautical training and the provision of optimal services in the form of well-trained pilots requires many material spiritual resources that disabilities, make them waste. Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study with target population of Iranian air force cadets with early and permanent medical disqualification from 1986 to 2016. Results: 80 cases were detected, including 25 kills and 55 early and permanent medical disqualification. The main causes were ear, nose and throat, psychiatry and cardiac, respectively. Common diseases include motion sickness, generalized anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder and epilepsy, respectively. The total number of lost service years was 1412 person years and the average of lost service years was 25.67 person years. Most of the lost service years were related to medical causes included ear, nose and throat, psychiatric and cardiac, and diseases included motion sickness, generalized anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder, respectively. Neurologic causes resulted in highest average of lost service years and high blood pressure was the major diseases, respectively. Conclusions: Due to the lack of similar studies, the results of this study were compared with the data, which extracted from previous studies in the pilot’s population. Because of occupational similarity between pilots and cadets, It was expected that the most common causes in pilots and cadets should be the same, but we found that the results are very different.
Background and Aim: Efficient manpower is the most important capital and studies have shown the relationship between health and performance.Understanding the factors leading to disability has preventive importance.Our aim is determine the causes and diseases leading to early permanent medical disqualification of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force pilots based on their service categories. Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study with target population of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force pilots with early and permanent medical disqualification from 1986 to 2016. Results: Out of 508 cases of early medical discharges, 239 items were considered medical disqualification, 17 war captives, 34 service exchange and the remaining 218 was for on service killed or missed persons.The main medical causes were neurosurgery, cardiovascular and psychiatric, while common diseases include lumbar discopathy, myocardial infarction and cardiac arrhythmia.The lost service years was 3233 person year and the average was 12.63 person year per individual. Conclusions: Based on the previous similar studies, it was expected that the common cause include neurosurgery, cardivascular and psychiatric with more prevalence in fighter, transportation, and helicopter service categories.At the end, we found that our results were in line with initial expectations.
Due to the frequent occurrence of international military conflicts, there has been an increasing number of soldiers who have suffered injuries and disabilities. The soldiers' disability is a crucial factor influencing combat effectiveness. Objective: This study aims to investigate the current situation of military disability and its influencing factors to provide a basis for reducing the rate of military disability. A total of 430 Chinese military disability assessment materials from 2021 were collected retrospectively between April 2023 and September 2023. The data on injuries, illnesses, and disabilities of soldiers were subjected to statistical analysis with informed consent, and personal information was anonymized to ensure privacy. The occurrence of disability was analyzed based on gender, rank, and different disability systems using unifactor analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. Statistical differences (P<0.05) were found in the degree of disability among soldiers of different ages, status categories, nature of disabilities, disability systems, and causes of disabilities. Age, status category, nature of disabilities, disability systems, and causes were identified as the main factors affecting the degree of soldiers' disabilities, with a total explanation rate of 58.3%. Injuries to the motor system during training were identified as the primary cause leading to soldier disabilities. In conclusion, this study shows that it is essential to prioritize protection against training injuries to minimize soldier disabilities.