From: Depressive symptoms among Thai male seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
Characteristic of personal factors | Â | N (%) |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 36.4 (9.6) |
Underlying diseases | Yes | 27 (7.1) |
Diabetes mellitus | 7 (12.7) | |
Hypertension | 26 (47.3) | |
Cardiovascular diseases | 4 (7.3) | |
Others | 18 (32.7) | |
Perceived health status | Poor | 33 (8.7) |
Perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 infection | Yes | 30 (7.9) |
Family history of mental health illness | Yes | 6 (1.6%) |
Stressful life event experiences | Yes | 142 (37.3%) |
Spouse/family member injured or died | 106 (26.9%) | |
Pirate robbery/assault | 20 (5.1%) | |
 | Bad weather/storms risk for shipwrecks | 87 (22.1%) |
Injury/accident when working on ship | 62 (15.7%) | |
Friend injured/had an accident/died when working on ship | 91 (23.1%0) | |
Other | 28 (7.1%) | |
Subjective sleep problem | Yes | 222 (58.3%) |
Coping behaviors | Low | 0 |
Moderate | 286 (75.1%) | |
High | 75 (19.7%) | |
Prevalence in depressive symptoms | No depression | 307 (80.6) |
Mild depression | 62 (16.3) | |
Moderate depression | 11 (2.9) | |
Severe depression | 1 (0.3) |