Table 1 Sample characteristics of offshore workers (N = 36)
Age (years) (M, SD) | 44.3 (11.1) |
Nationality (%) | |
British | 8 (22.2) |
Australian | 2 (5.6) |
Dutch | 26 (72.2) |
Job function (%) | |
Operations | 10 (27.8) |
Maintenance | 15 (41.7) |
Catering | 1 (2.8) |
Supervision | 6 (16.7) |
Safety | 2 (5.5) |
Other | 2 (5.5) |
Perceived general health (SF-1) (%) | |
Excellent, very good, good | 35 (97.2) |
Fair, poor | 1 (2.8) |
BMI (%) | |
Normal weight | 14 (38.9) |
Overweight | 17 (47.2) |
Obese | 5 (13.9) |
Smoking | |
Yes (%) | 9 (25.0) |
Packs/week (M, SD) | 1.2 (2.1) |
Alcohol consumption | |
Yes (%) | 32 (88.9) |
Glasses/week (M, SD) | 8.0 (9.3) |