Seafarers' mental health status and life satisfaction: Structural equation model.
Front Public Health
; 10: 969231, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
A variety of factors influence seafarers' health. Such factors might affect their satisfaction with life.Aims:
To examine the relationships between seafarers' mental health status and satisfaction with life by using a structural equation method.Methods:
In this survey, 470 seafarers were selected via convenience sampling method from two shipping companies. Validated questionnaires including Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder-8 (PTSD-8), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), Perceived Health status and Depression-Anxiety-Stress scale-21 (DASS-21) were used to assess different aspects of well-being and life satisfaction. The stratified path analysis method was applied to analyze the data.Results:
439 seafarers (200 officers and 237 non-officers) with a mean age of 34.5 (SD 8.05) participated in the current study. The GHQ score directly affected satisfaction with life in both officers (ß = 0.35) and non-officers (ß = 0.40). Also, perceived health status directly and indirectly affected satisfaction with life among officers (ß = 0.19) and non-officers (ß = 0.06). While officers working days per month indirectly impacted satisfaction with life through the general anxiety disorder, perceived health status, depression, anxiety, stress and current mental health. In non-officers, generalized anxiety disorder had the most potent indirect effects on satisfaction with life through perceived health status and current mental health.Conclusion:
Perceived health status, directly and indirectly, affected seafarers' satisfaction with life. Measures should be taken in order to improve seafarers' perceived health status and its effects on satisfaction with life.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Navios
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Saúde Mental
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Front Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca