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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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| description | 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 |
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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 <35/35+ years: IRR=1.97 (1.02–3.81); length of tour: 117 days or longer compared with <117 days: IRR=0.46 (95% CI: 0.22–0.95); 57–70 working hours per week compared with <57
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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.
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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 <35/35+ years: IRR=1.97 (1.02–3.81); length of tour: 117 days or longer compared with <117 days: IRR=0.46 (95% CI: 0.22–0.95); 57–70 working hours per week compared with <57
h: IRR=1.26 (0.48–3.29), 71+
h compared with <57
h: IRR=2.12 (0.84–5.36). Non-significant IRRs >1.00 were found for ships under 10,000 GT compared with larger ships and for own flagged ships compared with ships under flag of convenience.
In conclusion, more than 70
h of work per week was related to a higher rate of injuries for seafarers on merchant ships, but the result was not statistically significant. Self-report of the duration of the latest tour of duty is useful for seafarers from merchant ships with short-term employments, but not for ferries and other, non-specified types of ship with other or permanent employment.</abstract><cop>England</cop><pub>Elsevier Ltd</pub><pmid>15003586</pmid><doi>10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00034-4</doi><tpages>9</tpages></addata></record> |
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