部署服务人员中因眼睛受伤而导致的残疾调整寿命,2001-2020年
Mark D Travor1, Emily S Levine1, Andrew J Catomeris1
1Ophthalmology Section, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Ophthalmology
|November 26, 2023
概括
部署的美国服务人员的眼睛受伤造成了相当大的负担,以残疾调整寿命年 (DALYs) 衡量. 永久性残疾虽然很少见,但几乎占所有DALY,这凸显了战斗眼睛受伤的严重性.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 军事医学 军事医学
背景情况:
- 眼睛受伤对部署的美国军人造成了严重的健康负担.
- 量化这种负担对于了解对军事人员的影响和制定有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 用DALYs计算部署的美国军人眼部损伤的负担.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性,观察性队列研究分析了2001年至2020年间与战斗相关的眼部受伤的美国服务人员的数据.
- 从国防和退伍军人眼损伤和视力登记处确定了健康状况和受伤持续时间,并将其映射到全球疾病负担 (GBD) 残疾重量.
- 发病率和DALYs是使用部署服务人员数据和伤害统计数据来计算的.
主要成果:
- 超过17,500名军人受到了眼睛伤害,导致11,214名DALY (每年每10,000名军人为20.6名DALY).
- 严重的视力障碍和失明是导致DALYs的主要原因.
- 虽然永久性伤害发生在9.3%的病例中,但它们占DALY总数的99.5%. 外体,磨损和多重伤害类型是最常见的.
结论:
- 美国军人每病例的DALY比率高于一般人群,这表明受伤严重程度更高.
- 这项研究增强了对眼部损伤对现役人员影响的理解.
- 这些发现为未来的研究和干预提供了基础,以减少军队眼部受伤的负担.
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