| PMC full text: | Published online 2016 Oct 27. doi: 10.1177/1941738116670873
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Table 1.
Reasons for reporting, underreporting, and overreporting injuries a
| Reasons for Accurate Reporting | Reasons for Underreporting | Reasons for Overreporting |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation in medical record | Fear that an injury may affect future career opportunities | Seeking documentation |
| Seeking referral to rehabilitation/subspecialty care provider | Desire to avoid negative perceptions associated with injuries | Seeking prescription for pain relief |
| Seeking medication for pain relief | Avoiding a profile | Concern about ability to perform job-specific duties |
| Concern about symptoms | Negative experience with medical providers | Concern about upcoming physical fitness test/training/deployment |
| Concern that upcoming training/APFT/deployment may exacerbate symptoms | Inconvenience associated with seeing a medical provider | Seeking a profile |
| Injury affected job performance | Seeking medical discharge | |