Pretravel plans and discrepant trip experiences among travelers attending a tertiary care centre family travel medicine clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International travel can expose travelers to a number of health risks. Pretravel consultation (PC) helps mitigate risk and prepare travelers for health concerns that might arise. The assessment of risk, mitigation strategies, and relevance of pretravel advice is dependent on how closely travelers adhere to their planned travel itinerary and activities. We determined the proportion of returned travelers whose completed travel experiences differed from their stated travel itineraries, and identified discrepancies that significantly altered the traveler's health risk and would have required alternative counseling during their PC.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study at the SickKids' Family Travel Clinic between October 2014 and November 2015. Returned trav

SUBMITTER: Wong JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812894 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature