Quality of life impact related to foot health in a sample of sea workers.
BACKGROUND
People working at sea show a marked presence of musculoskeletal pain as well as an important coexistence of pain in diverse anatomical regions, which is believed to have a harmful effect on the quality of life related to foot health. The aim is to describe and compare the impact in a sample of sea workers and people who work on the ground in the light of the scores obtained with regard foot health and health in general.


METHODS
A sample of 94 participants of a mean age of 41.29 ± 10.603 came to a health centre where self-reported data were registered, informants' professional activity was determined and the scores obtained were compared in the Foot Health Status Questionnaire.


RESULTS
The sea workers group showed a worse quality of life related to health in general and to foot health specifically. Differences between the two groups were evaluated by means of a t-test for independent samples, showing statistical significance (P < 0.05) for the dimensions of pain and general health related to the foot.


CONCLUSIONS
People working at sea present a negative impact on the quality of life related to foot health, which appears to be associated with the presence of deformities, sprains, plantar warts and fungus.
Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: daniellopez@udc.es.
Daniel
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López López
Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: marta.rivas@udc.es.
Marta
M
Rivas López
Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: prego@udc.es.
María de Los Ángeles
Mde L
Bouza Prego
Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: leidamaria.monaco@udc.es.
Leida
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María Mónaco
Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain. Electronic address: marta.losa@urjc.es.
Marta Elena
ME
Losa Iglesias
Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: jesus.luis.saleta.canosa@udc.es.
Jesús Luis
JL
Saleta Canosa
Fisioterapia y Podología, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ribebeva@ucm.es.
Ricardo
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Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Foot; Healthy worker effect; Quality of life; Surveillance of the workers health