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Maritime field studies: methods for exploring seafarers' physical activity.

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  • 1Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine Hamburg (ZfaM), University Medical Centre Hamburg-eppendorf (UKe), Germany. marcus.oldenburg@bgv.hamburg.de.

International Maritime Health
|June 26, 2019
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Assessing seafarer health requires on-board studies to capture occupational stress and physical activity. Current ashore methods miss crucial workplace influences on maritime professionals.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Maritime Medicine
  • Human Factors Engineering

Background:

  • Traditional seafarer health assessments are often conducted ashore.
  • These methods fail to capture the unique occupational stressors and individual responses experienced by seafarers onboard.
  • Seafaring involves prolonged exposure to shipping-related stressors and significant physical exertion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the limitations of current ashore-based health assessments for seafarers.
  • To emphasize the need for realistic, on-board studies to evaluate occupational stress and strain.
  • To advocate for the assessment of seafarers' physical activity within their actual work environment.

Main Methods:

  • The study proposes a maritime field study conducted directly on board seagoing vessels.
Keywords:
activity on boarddaily reportenergy expenditureheart ratevoyage episodes

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  • This approach involves an on-the-job survey to gather comprehensive data.
  • Focus is placed on assessing occupational stress, strain, and physical activity.

    • Main Results:

    • Ashore assessments do not accurately reflect the occupational influences and individual reactions of seafarers.
    • On-board environments expose seafarers to sustained, shipping-related stressors during work and leisure.
    • High levels of physical effort are presumed to be inherent in onboard work.

    Conclusions:

    • Comprehensive and realistic assessment of seafarer health requires on-board, in-situ studies.
    • Maritime field studies are essential for understanding the true impact of occupational stressors and physical demands.
    • Future research should prioritize on-the-job surveys to accurately evaluate seafarer well-being.