Background: The seafarers' professional group is one of the most numerous in the world. According to the statistics of the European Maritime Safety Agency (2020), there are approximately 280,000 people employed at sea in the European Union. The specific work environment on the ship (climatic, physical, chemical, psychological factors, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) increases the quality of life (QoL) of patients with chronic kidney disease. Employment is one the objective indicators of KT success. The aim of the presented study was to assess the psychological predispositions of KT and hemodialysis (HD) patients, such as stress coping styles, chosen personality features, and their relationship with employment and QoL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiovascular diseases are still the most common cause of death from natural causes among seafarers. The aim of the study was to determine which of the cardiovascular risk factors listed in the current recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology occur among seafarers.
Materials And Methods: The paper is a review of literature from PubMed Database.
The Bulletin of the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine (IMTM) was published first time in 1948 as a preliminary publication. Since then it has developed and from 1999 it is known as International Maritime Health (IMH). Initially it was published by the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine (IMTM) in Gdynia.
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