The subjective measurement of seafarers’ fatigue levels and mental symptoms
| Autor: | Leyla Tavacioglu, Ozcan Arslan, Elif Bal Beşikçi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
Mental symptoms business.industry 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Human error Ocean Engineering Transportation Symptom Checklist 90 Management Monitoring Policy and Law Root cause Distress Maritime industry Scale (social sciences) 0502 economics and business Medicine Human fatigue 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business 050107 human factors Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Maritime Policy & Management. 43:329-343 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5254 0308-8839 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03088839.2015.1047426 |
| Popis: | Human error is the most important factor causing many ship accidents in maritime industry despite advanced technology and international regulations. Fatigue in seafarers is a well-known problem and a serious cause of ship accidents. There are many factors unique to the marine environment raising the potential for fatigue at sea. Due to the difficulties in measuring human fatigue and also in suggesting fatigue to be a root cause of accident, it is important to devise methods to detect and quantify the fatigue and mental symptoms. In this study, ‘Piper Fatigue Scale’ (PFS) has been used for measuring fatigue level and ‘Symptom Checklist 90- Revised’ (SCL-90-R) for detecting the severity of mental symptoms. Data analyses were performed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. According to the results of PFS analysis, a slight degree of fatigue is detected in all sub-dimensions of the scale. According to the results of SCL-90-R analysis, the distress of mental symptoms perceived ... |
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