Stress role in health risk formation in seafarers and onshore workers

Stress is a global problem associated with serious health and economic consequences and, together with other risk factors, forms the health risk. Aim of the study: to evaluate the influence of workrelated stress on health risk in seafarers and onshore staff. Methodology. Survey about work- related risk factors in 600 employees, including 220 seafarers and 380 onshore staff was made in 2012. Statistical analysis was made using the SPSS21 software package, logistic regression and factorial analysis. Results. Seafarers more often than onshore staff are faced with these stress risk factors: noise, vibration, electromagnetic field, heat, lack of sleep, night job, ship movement, climate change, the hard physical work, the responsibility for the safety and people, multinational, small size crews, high work requirements, and social isolation from family, long journeys, hazardous materials (p