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Submitted March 24, 2021
Published 2021-04-01

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): Guacamaya

Noise pollution and its effects on the health of workers in purse seine fishing vessels with refrigerated sea water


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Published: 2021-04-01

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Bravo Quispe, L. A., & Reátegui Lozano, R. (2021). Noise pollution and its effects on the health of workers in purse seine fishing vessels with refrigerated sea water. Revista Científica Guacamaya, 5(2), 30–44. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/guacamaya/article/view/2054

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between Noise Pollution and the effects on the Health of Workers in Purse-seine Fishing Vessels with Refrigerated Seawater. For the Noise Pollution variable, noise monitoring will be carried out in 15 areas of the vessel with the help of an integrating sound level meter. For the Health Effects variable, a survey will be carried out on 115 crew members through a questionnaire of 20 questions each, among the items, health effects such as: Fatigue, hearing loss, headache, anxiety, stress, depression, muscle pains, intolerance, social isolation, irritable behavior in the family bond, among others. For demonstrate the hypothesis, we rely on the Spearman non-parametric correlation coefficient and according to the Spearman correlation estimation scale it is shown that if there is a significant relationship between noise pollution and the physical, mental and social dimension of health of the crew of the Purse-seine Fishing Vessels with Refrigerated Sea Water.

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