Knee-Related Injuries and Disabilities in the U.S. Army 1980-1987. Final Report

摘要

We studied knee-related occupational disability and associated injuries using information 4recorded in the Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database (TAIHOD). Of interest were two different but related events: hospitalization for severe knee injury and knee-related disability discharge from the Army. The overall objective was to investigate the nature of and differences among the risk factors for these two events. The data source, the TAIHOD, is a relational database containing occupational and selected health information for all individuals on active duty in the U.S. Army, beginning January 1, 1980. The source population for this study consists of all enlisted personnel in the U.S. Army on active duty at any time between 1980 and 1998, about 2.7 million individuals (11% women). We analyzed selected sub-samples of the TAIHOD to address three specific aims: (1) What are the risk factors for knee-related disability discharge$ (2) What are the risk factors for severe knee injury defined by hospitalization for a knee-related diagnosis or procedure$ and (3) How do risk factors for injuries that lead to disability compare to risk factors for injuries that do not lead to disability.