Risk factors for merchant seafarer repatriation due to injury or illness at sea

Lefkowitz, Rafael Y.; Slade, Martin D.; Redlich, Carrie A.

doi:10.5603/imh.2015.0016

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“…In addition, we found that although a higher proportion of injury cases resulted in lost work, illness cases more frequently resulted in complete work disability rather than limited duty. In addition to comparisons from the wider literature here noted, the above findings are also similar to our previously‐published results in international seafarers …”

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confidence: 91%

“…Smaller vessels, such as tugs and tow boats (which tow and move barges or larger vessels), and articulated tug‐barges (ATB), have an average crew of six (can range between 4 and 9 depending on specific operations). These numbers were based on knowledge of the industry and consistent with prior studies by the authors …”

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confidence: 68%

“…For example, a study of American merchant seafarer mortality patterns identified high rates of respiratory cancer and overall cancer deaths, pointing towards potential occupational and behavioral risks specific to merchant seamen . More recently, telemedicine has expanded medical access to this vulnerable population, and telemedicine datasets have provided key information on seafarer medical incidents in their work environment . While telemedicine access for working seafarers continues to expand, studies of medical events in seafarers remain limited by available data, and to our knowledge only one study has described at‐sea medical conditions occurring on US‐flag vessels .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Injury, illness, and disability risk in American seafarers

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Redlich

2017

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Redlich

2017

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“…In a study of repatriations of seafarers, those from India were more frequently repatriated than the Philippines based on proportionate rates [10]. But if information of the populations at risk were applied to calculate estimates of the incidence rates, then the Philippines might have less repatriation incidence rates than the Indians.…”

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How to calculate incidence rates from proportionate data

Jensen

Flores²,

Bygvraa

et al. 2019

International Maritime Health

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This paper describes the methodological aspects of calculation of incidence rates from incomplete data in occupational epidemiology. Proportionate measures in epidemiological studies are useful e.g. to describe the proportion of slips, trips and falls compared to other types of injury mechanisms within single age-strata. However, a comparison of proportions of slips, trips and falls among the different age-strata gives no meaning and can hamper the conclusions. Examples of a constructed example and some selected studies show how estimates of incidence rates can be calculated from the proportionate data by applying estimates of denominators available from other information. The calculated examples show how the risks based on the incidence rates in some cases differ from the risks based on the proportionate rates with the consequence of hampering the conclusions and the recommendations for prevention. In some cases the proportionate rates give good estimates of the incidence rates, but in other studies this might cause errors. It is recommended that estimates of the incidence rates should be used, where this is possible, by estimation of the size of the population. The paper is intended to be useful for students and teachers in epidemiology by using the attached Excel training file.

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“…There are about 1.5 million seafarers who sail around the globe, for long periods of time, transporting more than 90 per cent of goods [1,2]. The maritime employees are a hard to reach population group since their work imposes difficulties to seek timely health services [3,4].…”

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Do Danish Maritime Doctors Value Continuous Education Initiatives?

Andrioti¹,

Faurby²,

Le³

et al. 2017

Health Econ Outcome Res

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Aims and objectives: Seagoing employees must undergo medical examinations every second year. Even though International Organisations issued guidelines for these pre-employment medical examinations there is a lack of an internationally accepted continuous training programme for the maritime doctors who perform these examinations. The aim of this survey was to examine the Danish maritime doctors perceived training needs as part of a planned comprehensive maritime occupational health prevention programme. Methods:A questionnaire based on international standards was distributed to all the maritime doctors (110) electronically in May 2017. The completed questionnaires were 46.4%. STATA was used for the statistical analysis of the data and correlations among the self-rated needs as dependent variables and the doctors characteristics were performed with Fisher exact test, with significance level at α=0.05%. Results:The maritime doctors considered very important to receive training in "Fitness evaluation and medical examinations guidelines" (76.47%) followed by "Rules and regulations within maritime medicine" (68.63%) and "Working conditions and health risks on board" (62.75%). The number of examinations influenced their preference with those with more than 20 patients to express a more pressing need for training. Age, gender and years of practice did not have any influence in their self-rated needs. Furthermore, they pointed out flexible ways of training including distance learning and the establishment of a webpage by the respective Authorities as one stop-shop. Conclusion:Maritime doctors are in favour of continuous education and training. The survey may help the respective Authorities to organise such short courses on targeted topics in the country.

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Risk factors for merchant seafarer repatriation due to injury or illness at sea

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

Injury, illness, and disability risk in American seafarers

Injury, illness, and disability risk in American seafarers

How to calculate incidence rates from proportionate data

Do Danish Maritime Doctors Value Continuous Education Initiatives?

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