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Work-related stress in Her Majesty’s Coastguard
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Abstract
Material and methods. Data were collected from 282 coastguards by paper questionnaire and compared with general UK working population data from the Bristol Stress and Health at Work Study (SHAW) and the Psychosocial Working Conditions Survey (PWC), 2009.
Results. The level of high stress reported in HMCG (11%) was significantly lower than the comparison data (17%). The level of depression found was significantly higher.
Conclusions. HMCG had lower levels of stress than the general UK working population, due, in part to high levels of social support. Data suggests HMCG worthy of study for both negative effects of stress and stress reduction elsewhere.
(Int Marit Health 2011; 62, 2: 148–154)
Abstract
Material and methods. Data were collected from 282 coastguards by paper questionnaire and compared with general UK working population data from the Bristol Stress and Health at Work Study (SHAW) and the Psychosocial Working Conditions Survey (PWC), 2009.
Results. The level of high stress reported in HMCG (11%) was significantly lower than the comparison data (17%). The level of depression found was significantly higher.
Conclusions. HMCG had lower levels of stress than the general UK working population, due, in part to high levels of social support. Data suggests HMCG worthy of study for both negative effects of stress and stress reduction elsewhere.
(Int Marit Health 2011; 62, 2: 148–154)
Keywords
stress; coastguards; depression; support
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Work-related stress in Her Majesty’s Coastguard
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148-154
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2011-09-09
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IMH 2011;62(2):148-154.
Keywords
stress
coastguards
depression
support
Authors
S.E. Kingdom
A.P. Smith
