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Prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: In the context of growing concerns about seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers of ocean-going vessels during the current health emergency. METHODS: This cross-sectio...

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Autores principales: Baygi, Fereshteh, Mohammadian Khonsari, Nami, Agoushi, Arash, Hassani Gelsefid, Saeed, Mahdavi Gorabi, Armita, Qorbani, Mostafa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33931081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03197-z
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author Baygi, Fereshteh
Mohammadian Khonsari, Nami
Agoushi, Arash
Hassani Gelsefid, Saeed
Mahdavi Gorabi, Armita
Qorbani, Mostafa
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description BACKGROUND: In the context of growing concerns about seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers of ocean-going vessels during the current health emergency. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 470 multinational seafarers working on two oil tanker international shipping companies. Psychosocial distress was assessed by using Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21). General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to assessed genral psychiatry disorders and self-rate anxiety. Perceived health status was assessed by a single-item question. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the association between demographic and work-related variables with mental health outcomes. RESULTS: Overall, 439 out of 470 invited seafarers with a mean age of 34.5 (SD: 8.05) participated in this study (participation rate: 93.4%). The prevalence (95% confidence interval) of depression, anxiety, stress, self-rated anxiety, general psychiatric disorders, and poor perceived health status was 12.3% (9.4–15.7), 11.6% (8.7–15.0), 5.9% (3.9–8.5), 2.1% (0.9–3.8), 42.6% (38.0–47.4), and 4.3% (2.6–6.6), respectively. In the multivariate model, by increasing the duration of stay (per month) on board, the odds of depression increased by 20% (OR: 1.20 (95% CI: 1.02–1.40)). Also, non-officer seafarers experienced significantly lower psychosocial distress such as anxiety and stress levels than officers. CONCLUSION: High prevalence of depression, anxiety, and general psychiatric disorders among seafarers during COVID-19 was observed. Our findings also highlight the factors that need to be considered to protect seafarers’ mental well-being. Further studies to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on psychological health issues at sea are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-80856492021-04-30 Prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic Baygi, Fereshteh Mohammadian Khonsari, Nami Agoushi, Arash Hassani Gelsefid, Saeed Mahdavi Gorabi, Armita Qorbani, Mostafa BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: In the context of growing concerns about seafarers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers of ocean-going vessels during the current health emergency. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 470 multinational seafarers working on two oil tanker international shipping companies. Psychosocial distress was assessed by using Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21). General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used to assessed genral psychiatry disorders and self-rate anxiety. Perceived health status was assessed by a single-item question. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the association between demographic and work-related variables with mental health outcomes. RESULTS: Overall, 439 out of 470 invited seafarers with a mean age of 34.5 (SD: 8.05) participated in this study (participation rate: 93.4%). The prevalence (95% confidence interval) of depression, anxiety, stress, self-rated anxiety, general psychiatric disorders, and poor perceived health status was 12.3% (9.4–15.7), 11.6% (8.7–15.0), 5.9% (3.9–8.5), 2.1% (0.9–3.8), 42.6% (38.0–47.4), and 4.3% (2.6–6.6), respectively. In the multivariate model, by increasing the duration of stay (per month) on board, the odds of depression increased by 20% (OR: 1.20 (95% CI: 1.02–1.40)). Also, non-officer seafarers experienced significantly lower psychosocial distress such as anxiety and stress levels than officers. CONCLUSION: High prevalence of depression, anxiety, and general psychiatric disorders among seafarers during COVID-19 was observed. Our findings also highlight the factors that need to be considered to protect seafarers’ mental well-being. Further studies to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on psychological health issues at sea are recommended. BioMed Central 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8085649/ /pubmed/33931081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03197-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Mahdavi Gorabi, Armita
Qorbani, Mostafa
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title_fullStr Prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort prevalence and associated factors of psychosocial distress among seafarers during covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33931081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03197-z
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