Quality of life at sea in Polish seafarer’s evaluation

Jeżewska, Maria; Grubman-Nowak, Marta; Moryś, Janusz

doi:10.5603/imh.2015.0046

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“…They are typically exposed to a poor working environment—with high noise levels due to the ship’s onboard operations—while having to cope with physiological changes resulting from a three-shift work schedule. Meanwhile, the diverse and rapid changes to the natural environment while at sea make it difficult to maintain physical homeostasis [ 2 ]. Seafarers thus endure a highly stressful work environment and a significant degree of fatigue relative to other areas of employment.…”

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Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Kim

Jang

2018

IJERPH

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Using the Culture-Work-Health model, this study investigates the factors influencing the quality of life of seafarers. This study conducted a survey of 320 seafarers who have lived and worked on a ship for more than six months. This self-administered questionnaire included questions on organizational culture and support, self-efficacy, perceived fatigue, as well as the quality of work life. Organizational culture and self-efficacy were identified as factors affecting the quality of work life, while organizational support was found to have an indirect effect through self-efficacy and perceived fatigue. The final model accounts for 63.1% of the variance in seafarers’ quality of life. As such, this study shows that self-efficacy is important for the quality of life of seafarers, having both direct and indirect effects. Moreover, organizational support may prove to be the primary intervention point for relieving perceived fatigue and enhancing self-efficacy, thus improving the quality of work life.

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Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Kim

Jang

2018

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“…Jing Xiao et al found that social support has a signi cant positive effect on HRQoL in Chinese seafarers [28] . Research on Polish seafarers [29] also indicated that social relationships have a large impact on their QoL. Social support is de ned in terms of social network characteristics, such as assistance from family, friends, neighbors, and other community members, that help individuals cope with everyday life, particularly in response to di cult situations [30][31] .…”

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“…Even for professional seafarers, living and working at sea for a prolonged time is often stressful and risky. Diverse and rapid changes in the natural environment make it di cult for seafarers to maintain physical homeostasis [2] ; thus, they endure a highly stressful work environment and a signi cant degree of fatigue, relative to other employment locales. Furthermore, accumulated stress and fatigue have a direct negative effect on seafarers' health.…”

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Health-related Quality of Life in Medical Personnel on the Peace Ark Hospital Ship During a Long Voyage: A Cohort Study

Liu

Tang

Han

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Background The Chinese hospital ship “Peace Ark” has conducted nine overseas humanitarian missions. Methods Research indicated long-distance voyages significantly impact seafarers’ physical and mental health. This study investigated changes in and influencing factors for medical professionals’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during a 2017 humanitarian mission (8 countries, 155 days). Using a cohort study design, 90 medical professionals’ HRQoL was assessed (via the SF-12) pre-voyage and after 5 months at sea. Results Pre-voyage, mean physical component scale (PCS) and mental component scale (MCS) scores were 52.34 (SD 5.07) and 53.03 (SD 6.40), respectively—significantly higher than in the general Chinese population (p < 0.0001). Afterwards, PCS and MCS scores declined by 3.9867 (SD 6.03) and 5.70 (SD 7.03), respectively. PCS scores were negatively associated with female gender (p = 0.004). Compared to administrative staff, doctors (p < 0.001) and nurses (p < 0.001) showed less deviation in PCS scores. Lower MSC scores were associated with older age (p = 0.011) and less family support (p = 0.0165). Conclusions Long-term voyages negatively impacted HRQoL in medical personnel. Thus, prior to similar future humanitarian missions, selection criteria and training procedures for medical personnel should be optimized, thereby increasing their confidence and social support.

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“…An empirical study on Lithuanian seafarers proved QOL to be at poor-moderate level [27]. In two studies conducted on Polish seafarers, QOL level proved to be high [28,29]. In Turkey, however, there have been no studies focusing on QOL on seafarers.…”

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Determining the factors that affect self-reported quality of life among Turkish seafarers

Demir

Oruç

Bayram

2021

International Maritime Health

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Quality of life at sea in Polish seafarer’s evaluation

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Seafarers’ Quality of Life: Organizational Culture, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Fatigue

Health-related Quality of Life in Medical Personnel on the Peace Ark Hospital Ship During a Long Voyage: A Cohort Study

Determining the factors that affect self-reported quality of life among Turkish seafarers

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