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A survey of the health, stress and fatigue of Australian Seafarers

ISBN: 0-642-32007-1
A.W.Parker PhD (1), L.M.Hubinger PhD (1), S. Green PhD (1), L. Sargent BA MOP (2) and R. Boyd BHMS M Com Env H (1)
1. School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
2. School of Management, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Cover of A survey of the health, stress and fatigue of Australian Seafarers

Preface [ PDF: 20KB]
Acknowledgements [ PDF: 32KB]
Definition of terms [ PDF: 19KB]
Summary of results [ PDF: 63KB]
Recommendations [ PDF: 88KB]
Future research [ PDF: 37KB]

Project overview [ PDF: 64KB]
- 1.1 Background of the project
Response details [ PDF: 53KB]
Industry profile - occupational and demographic [ PDF: 70KB]
- 3.1 Predominant sea area worked
- 3.2 Years in the industry
- 3.3 Years in present position
- 3.4 Age
- 3.5 Gender
- 3.6 Current marital status
- 3.7 Gross household income
- 3.8 Highest education level
- 3.9 Country of birth
- 3.10 Summary

Results and discussion

Part A - Health and Lifestyle

Health Status [ PDF: 67KB]
- 4.1 No diagnosed illness
- 4.2 Heart disease
- 4.3 Blood pressure abnormalities
- 4.4 Lung disease
- 4.5 Auditory disease
- 4.6 Psychiatric problems
- 4.7 Hospitalisation
- 4.8 Medication
- 4.9 Family history of cardiovascular disease (cvd)
- 4.10 Cholesterol > 5.5 mmol/l
- 4.11 Permanent restriction on activity
- 4.12 Summary
Health-related behaviour and stress at sea [ PDF: 79KB]
- 5.1 Smoking
- 5.2 Drinking alcohol
- 5.3 Aerobic exercise
- 5.4 Sleep
- 5.5 Stress
- 5.6 Relaxation
- 5.7 Summary
Nutrition and associated attitudes at sea [ PDF: 28KB]
- 6.1 Sugar, fat and fibre
- 6.2 Nutritional attitudes
- 6.3 Nutritional relevance
- 6.4 Pronutrition
- 6.5 Nutrition excuses
- 6.6 Food exploration
- 6.7 Summary
Comparison of health-related behaviour at sea and ashore [ PDF: 65KB]
- 7.1 Smoking
- 7.2 Drinking alcohol
- 7.3 Aerobic exercise
- 7.4 Sleep, stress and relaxation
- 7.5 Nutrition habits
- 7.6 Summary
Drug use and awareness [ PDF: 24KB]
- 8.1 Drug free functioning

Part B - Occupational stress [ PDF: 61KB]

Industry-specific sources of stress [ PDF: 71KB]
- 9.1 Environmental hardships at sea
- 9.2 Weather
- 9.3 Missing home
- 9.4 Broken rest
- 9.5 Long hours
- 9.6 Industry change
- 9.7 Summary
General sources of pressure at work [ PDF: 79KB]
- 10.1 Seafarers vs normative groups
- 10.2 Occupational group comparisons
- 10.3 Relative importance of sources of pressure at work
- 10.4 Other factors influencing sources of pressure at work
- 10.4.1 All seafarers
- 10.4.2 Occupational groups
- 10.5 Summary
Section 11 Sources of job satisfaction [ PDF: 76KB]
- 11.1 Seafarers vs normative groups
- 11.2 Occupational group comparisons
- 11.3 Relative importance of sources of job satisfaction
- 11.4 Other factors influencing sources of job satisfaction
- 11.4.1 All seafarers
- 11.4.2 Occupational groups
- 11.5 Summary
Mental and physical ill health [ PDF: 64KB]
- 12.1 Seafarers vs normative groups
- 12.2 Occupational group comparisons
- 12.3 Other factors influencing mental and physical ill health
- 12.3.1 All seafarers
- 12.3.2 Occupational groups
- 12.4 Summary
Overall summary of Parts A & B [ PDF: 25KB]

List of References [ PDF: 82KB]

Appendix 1 Methods [ PDF: 64KB]
Appendix 2 Cronbach’s alpha values for parts A & [ PDF: 20KB]
Appendix 3 Industry specific sources of stress - group comparisons [ PDF: 29KB]
Appendix 4 General sources of pressure at work - group comparisons [ PDF: 37KB]
Appendix 5 Job satisfaction - group comparisons [ PDF: 79KB]
Appendix 6 Mental and physical ill-health - group comparisons [ PDF: 24KB]
Appendix 7 Miscellaneous comments [ PDF: 100KB]
Appendix 8 Questionnaire [ PDF: 986KB]

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last updated: November 1998