Relationship between weather parameters and risk of exertional heat injuries during military training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) collaborated with the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) to study the relationship between weather parameters and the incidents of exertional heat injury (EHI) to mitigate the risk of EHI in a practical manner.

Methods

Data from the SAF's heat injury registry and MSS' meteorological data from 2012 to 2018 were used to establish a consolidated dataset of EHI incidents and same-day weather parameters rank-ordered in deciles. Poisson regression modelling was used to determine the incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of the EHI, referencing the first decile of weather parameters. Two frames of analysis were performed - the first described the relationship between the weather parameters and the adjusted IRR for the same day (D), and the s

SUBMITTER: Poon BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature