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Voando sobre um ninho de cucos: um estudo do bem-estar psicológico de tripulações de voo
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O trabalho por turnos é essencial para o funcionamento de inúmeros serviços. A indústria da aviação assistiu recentemente a um aumento do trabalho por turnos, tanto em operação como em intensidade, o qual se expandiu a todas as profissões do ramo. Pilotos e tripulantes de cabine exercem as suas funções por turnos, o que frequentemente lhes origina perturbações no ritmo circadiano. Além disso, diversas problemáticas são mencionadas por estes profissionais, como a depressão e a ansiedade, o consumo de álcool e de outras drogas, a par da dificuldade em manter relações pessoais e sociais estáveis devido à disrupção do ritmo circadiano. Este estudo pretendeu analisar a relação entre a presença de psicopatologia, a frequência de consumo de álcool e o estilo de coping predominante nos pilotos e nos tripulantes de cabine. Para o efeito, foram recrutados por conveniência 96 tripulantes de cabine e 61 pilotos. Através da plataforma Microsoft Forms®, os participantes responderam a um questionário sociodemográfico, ao Brief Symptom Checklist (BSI), ao Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST), e ao Brief COPE.
Os resultados indicaram que tripulantes de cabine pontuam mais do que os pilotos relativamente a queixas de psicopatologia, analisadas através das subescalas do BSI, participantes do sexo feminino pontuaram significativamente mais em todas as subescalas. O coping focado no problema correlacionou-se positiva e significativamente com o índice geral de sintomas no sexo masculino. Tripulantes de cabine pontuaram significativamente mais do que os pilotos no “coping evitante”, tanto no sexo feminino como no sexo masculino.
Shift work is essential to the functioning of many services. The aviation industry has recently seen an increase in shift work, both in operation and intensity, which has spread to all professions in the industry. Pilots and cabin crew work in shifts, which often leads to disturbances in their circadian rhythm. In addition, various problems are mentioned by these professionals, such as depression and anxiety, the use of alcohol and other drugs, as well as the difficulty in maintaining stable personal and social relationships due to the disruption of the circadian rhythm. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the presence of psychopathology, the frequency of alcohol consumption and the predominant coping style in pilots and cabin crew. For this purpose, 96 cabin crew and 61 pilots were recruited through convenience. Using the Microsoft Forms® platform, the participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Checklist (BSI), the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) and the Brief COPE. The results indicated that cabin crew members score higher than pilots in terms of psychopathology complaints, analyzed using the BSI subscales, with female participants scoring significantly higher on all subscales. Problem-focused coping correlated positively and significantly with the global severity index. Cabin crew scored significantly higher than pilots on “avoidant coping” in both females and males.
Shift work is essential to the functioning of many services. The aviation industry has recently seen an increase in shift work, both in operation and intensity, which has spread to all professions in the industry. Pilots and cabin crew work in shifts, which often leads to disturbances in their circadian rhythm. In addition, various problems are mentioned by these professionals, such as depression and anxiety, the use of alcohol and other drugs, as well as the difficulty in maintaining stable personal and social relationships due to the disruption of the circadian rhythm. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the presence of psychopathology, the frequency of alcohol consumption and the predominant coping style in pilots and cabin crew. For this purpose, 96 cabin crew and 61 pilots were recruited through convenience. Using the Microsoft Forms® platform, the participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Checklist (BSI), the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) and the Brief COPE. The results indicated that cabin crew members score higher than pilots in terms of psychopathology complaints, analyzed using the BSI subscales, with female participants scoring significantly higher on all subscales. Problem-focused coping correlated positively and significantly with the global severity index. Cabin crew scored significantly higher than pilots on “avoidant coping” in both females and males.
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Trabalho por turnos Aviação comercial Tripulantes de cabine Pilotos Álcool Coping Psicopatologia