Assessment of revised recruitment standards for asthma in the Australian Defence Force

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Ireland, Renee, Waller, Michael, MacKenzie, Alison, Peake, Jonathan and Nasveld, Peter. 2014. "Assessment of revised recruitment standards for asthma in the Australian Defence Force." Military Medicine: international journal of AMSUS. 179 (11), pp. 1384-1390. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00009

Article Title	Assessment of revised recruitment standards for asthma in the Australian Defence Force
ERA Journal ID	40335
Article Category	Article
Authors	Ireland, Renee (Author), Waller, Michael (Author), MacKenzie, Alison (Author), Peake, Jonathan (Author) and Nasveld, Peter (Author)
Journal Title	Military Medicine: international journal of AMSUS
Journal Citation	179 (11), pp. 1384-1390
Number of Pages	7
Year	2014
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Place of Publication	United States
ISSN	0026-4075
	1930-613X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00009
Web Address (URL)	http://militarymedicine.amsus.org/doi/abs/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00009
Abstract	Objective: To assess the impact of relaxed asthma recruitment standards adopted by the Australian Defence Force in 2007. Methods: A retrospective audit was conducted on clinical and administrative data for recruits, with and without mild asthma, in their first year of service. Results: There was no evidence that mild asthmatics experienced worse outcomes than nonasthmatic recruits. Mild asthmatics had fewer illnesses and restricted duty days and were less costly compared to other recruits. There was no difference in the rate of discharge (attrition) between those with and without mild asthma. Conclusions: The revised recruitment standards for asthma in the Australian Defence Force have not resulted in unanticipated medical or administrative costs to the organization. Health and administrative outcomes differed little between mild asthmatics and nonasthmatic recruits in their first 12 months of service.
Keywords	Asthma; recruitment; mild asthmatics; health outcomes; medical attrition
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
	440804. Defence studies
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	University of Queensland
	Queensland University of Technology
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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