Self-reported injuries among seafarers: Questionnaire validity and results from an international study

International surveys of occupational injuries among seafarers have so far been missing. It was the aim to test the method of self-report of injuries and length of time at risk during the latest duty period and second to study the injury incidence rate among seafarers by use of the method. A pilot s...

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Published in:Accident analysis and prevention 2004-05, Vol.36 (3), p.405-413
Main Authors: Jensen, Olaf C., Sørensen, Jens F.L., Kaerlev, Linda, Canals, M.Luisa, Nikolic, Nebojša, Saarni, Heikki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident
Accidents, Occupational - prevention & control
Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data
Adult
Croatia - epidemiology
Denmark - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Finland - epidemiology
Hours of work
Humans
Injury
International Agencies
International Cooperation
Male
merchant ships
Philippines - epidemiology
Pilot Projects
Poisson Distribution
Reproducibility of Results
Seafarers
Self Disclosure
Self-report
Ships - statistics & numerical data
Spain - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Travel
working conditions
Workload
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
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Summary:International surveys of occupational injuries among seafarers have so far been missing. It was the aim to test the method of self-report of injuries and length of time at risk during the latest duty period and second to study the injury incidence rate among seafarers by use of the method. A pilot study was conducted ( n=1068) in Finland, Denmark, the Philippines, Croatia and Spain using self-completed questionnaires with questions about the person, the ship, the duration of latest duty period and injuries. The duration of the self-reporting duty period was in the Danish part compared with information from the crew register of the Maritime Authority. For seafarers from merchant ships in the Danish sub-study there was acceptable correspondence between the information from the seafarers and the Maritime Authority, but not when referring to ferries and non-specified types of ship. Unadjusted and adjusted injury incidence rates-ratios (IRRs) based on number of injuries per number of work hours were calculated. Adjusted IRRs for ordinary seamen/officers: IRR=2.43 (95% CI: 1.25–4.72); for age
ISSN:0001-4575
1879-2057
DOI:10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00034-4