Table 4 Pandemic related burden by social and financial impact, knowledge of COVID-19 issues and vaccination.

From: Psychosocial burden, vaccination status and preventive information options for seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Office workers*

(n = 24)

Seafarers*

(n = 583)

p

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Officers*

(n = 215)

Ratings*

(n = 337)

p

Crude OR (95% CI)

Pandemic related burden as a consequence of… (mean value ± SD on a scale from 0 to 5 (extremely burdened))

…social impact

2.5 ± 1.6

3.5 ± 1.4

0.005

2.8

(0.8–9.5)

3.3 ± 1.4

3.8 ± 1.3

< 0.001

2.2**

(1.5–3.4)

…financial impact

1.7 ± 1.5

3.6 ± 1.3

< 0.001

10.1

(1.3–75.1)

3.4 ± 1.3

3.8 ± 1.3

< 0.001

2.9**

(1.9–4.4)

Feeling sufficiently informed about… (mean value ± SD on a scale from 1 to 5 (= very well informed))

…COVID-19 issues

2.9 ± 0.63

3.1 ± 0.8

0.126

 

2.9 ± 0.8

3.2 ± 0.7

< 0.001

1.9

(1.3–2.8)

→ (very) poorly informed

0

17 (3.0%)

  

7 (3.4%)

8 (2.4%)

  

→ fairly informed

6 (25%)

81 (14.3%)

  

45 (21.4%)

31 (9.4%)

  

→ (very) well informed

18 (75%)

469 (82.7%)

  

158 (75.3%)

291 (88.1%)

  

…COVID-19 vaccination

3.0 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.9

0.993

 

2.8 ± 0.9

3.1 ± 0.8

< 0.001

2.0

(1.3–2.9)

→ (very) poorly informed

0

40 (7.0%)

  

20 (9.4%)

14 (4.9%)

  

→ fairly informed

5 (21.7%)

98 (17.3%)

  

46 (21.8%)

48 (14.6%)

  

→ (very) well informed

18 (78.3%)

430 (75.7%)

  

145 (68.8%)

265 (80.5%)

  
  1. * The number of analysed answers differs per question category deviating from the basic population. ** OR remained significant after adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity and education. Significant findings are in bold