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Esta dissertação de mestrado foca-se no estilo de vida dos militares que se encontramembarcados nos submarinos convencionais da classe Tridente por períodos mais longos em missões de patrulha, e pretende ser um primeiro impulso na análise do possível efeito que essas missões poderão trazer direta ou indiretamente para a sua saúde. Os submarinos da Marinha Portuguesa são regularmente empenhados em missões, por exemplo, em águas nacionais ou de interesse nacional e ainda em missões fora de área. Para uma melhor compreensão do impacto de uma missão num meio onde as condições para a manutenção da condição física geral individual são desfavoráveis, e para se conseguirem tirar conclusões sobre soluções exequíveis a este problema, estudam-se e analisam-se indicadores biométricos específicos.
No âmbito do desenho de estudo foi identificada uma missão propícia à realização da investigação em apreço. Esta missão, realizada pelo submarino Arpão, teve a duração de 60 dias, no decurso dos meses de outubro e novembro de 2017. No entanto, e para efeitos de dissertação de mestrado, utilizou-se também uma missão que decorreu no mês de julho, com duração de 5 dias, como teste à forma de obtenção dos dados.
A recolha de dados foi conseguida através de registo diário de atividades dos submarinistas a bordo, por exemplo, através do número de horas de sono, do estado de espírito diário, da atividade física e da sua intensidade ou até da alimentação praticada ao longo do dia. Paralelamente, foram efetuados questionários de ansiedade, preenchidos antes e após o término da missão, por forma a se poder obter dados de fatores psicológicos que podem afetar os militares submarinistas. Os dados foram posteriormente analisados com recurso a técnicas de regressão e clustering dando assim resposta ao impacto que os mesmos apresentam na condição física e bem-estar geral dos submarinistas embarcados nos submarinos da classe Tridente.
This master’s thesis focuses on the life style of military personnel deployed on board the class Tridente conventional submarines for longer periods on patrol missions, and intends to be a first impulse in analysing the possible effect those missions have directly or indirectly on their health. Portuguese Navy’s submarines are regularly engaged in patrols, for instance, in national waters, national interest waters and in missions outside the area. For a better understanding of the real impact of such missions, where circumstances for maintaining the individual general physical condition are unfavourable, and in order to draw conclusions on manageable solutions to this problem, specific biometric indicators are carefully studied and analysed. Within the scope of the study design, a mission was identified as propitious to carry out the research in question. This mission accomplished by the submarine Arpão lasted 60 days, between the months of October and November 2017. However, for the purposes of this master's thesis, another smaller deployment was also used with the goal to test the data collection process, which took place during the month of July, for 5 days. The data was collected through daily loggings of submariners' activities on board, e.g., through the number of hours of sleep, daily mood, physical activity and its intensity, or even nourishment throughout the day. At the same time, anxiety questionnaires taken before and after the mission were filled out in order to obtain data on psychological factors that could affect the submariners. The data was later analysed using regression and clustering techniques, thus responding to the impact they present on physical condition and general well-being of the military personnel on board the class Tridente conventional submarines.
This master’s thesis focuses on the life style of military personnel deployed on board the class Tridente conventional submarines for longer periods on patrol missions, and intends to be a first impulse in analysing the possible effect those missions have directly or indirectly on their health. Portuguese Navy’s submarines are regularly engaged in patrols, for instance, in national waters, national interest waters and in missions outside the area. For a better understanding of the real impact of such missions, where circumstances for maintaining the individual general physical condition are unfavourable, and in order to draw conclusions on manageable solutions to this problem, specific biometric indicators are carefully studied and analysed. Within the scope of the study design, a mission was identified as propitious to carry out the research in question. This mission accomplished by the submarine Arpão lasted 60 days, between the months of October and November 2017. However, for the purposes of this master's thesis, another smaller deployment was also used with the goal to test the data collection process, which took place during the month of July, for 5 days. The data was collected through daily loggings of submariners' activities on board, e.g., through the number of hours of sleep, daily mood, physical activity and its intensity, or even nourishment throughout the day. At the same time, anxiety questionnaires taken before and after the mission were filled out in order to obtain data on psychological factors that could affect the submariners. The data was later analysed using regression and clustering techniques, thus responding to the impact they present on physical condition and general well-being of the military personnel on board the class Tridente conventional submarines.
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Submarinistas, Missões, Condição física, Alimentação, Bem-estar Submariners, Patrols, Physical Condition, Nutrition, Well-being