Integrated view of health conditions in the flight attendant respondents .....................................................................

The table below reflects a composite profile of the prevalence of certain health conditions that are common to all previous queries about health in the past
week
, in the past year, or ever (as diagnosed by a health care provider), although different questions may reference the similar conditions in unique ways. For example, some health conditions are referenced by subjective symptoms while other health conditions are referenced by a medical diagnosis (usually involving one or more symptoms). “NA” or “not applicable” in the chart below denotes that information about a condition was asked about in this way. Also, we note that some conditions are not exactly the same but have some overlapping characteristics. In this case, we added notation about how the condition was interpreted in the corresponding box.

Composite view of health conditions common to Acute and Chronic queries in survey

Health condition

Acute
(often or everyday)

Chronic

sought treatment
in last year

told by provider
FA has condition

Fatigue

27% (n =3817)

37% (n=3,809)

NA

Sleep

35% (n=3827)

NA

34% (n=3852)

Low back pain

28% (n =3787)

NA

53% (n=3861)

Headaches-severe

6.5% (n=3729)

23% (n=3804)

19.4% (n=3,934)
migraine

Rash or hives

NA

15% (n=3804)

10.8% (n=3,845)
eczema
4.6% (n=3,832)
psoriasis

Shortness of breath

5% (n=3721)

15.5% (n=3787)

13.2 (n=3,918)
asthma

Dizziness

4% (n =3708)

19.4% (n=3796)

12% (n=3,845)
vertigo
1.3% (n=3,830)
Meniere’s

Loss of memory/ concentration

9% (n=3746)
difficulty concentrating

15%  (n=3783)

NA

Nausea

3% (n=3703)

11.2% (n=3778)

7% (n=3,825)
Chronic intestinal/
Stomach disease

Depression

12% (n=3751)

NA

36% anxiety/depression

Anxiety/stress

20%(n =3778)

NA

Numbness/tingling

6% (n=3714)

17% (n=3801)

NA

Muscle weakness

12.4% (n=3721)

16.3% (n=3778)

NA

Altered vision

7.5% (n=3623)

11% (n=3776)

NA

Coordination/balance loss

3%   (n=3,702)

9.1% (n=3,795)

NA

General/diffuse muscle aches

12.3%  (n=3,721)

33.3%(n=3,813)

NA

Tremors/shaking

1.4% (n=3,714)

3.7% (n=3,785)

NA


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