| Total sample (n = 401) | 1-week ROS (n = 49) | 4-month ROS (n = 352) | p1 |
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Main stressors in the pilot profession, n (%) | ||||
 Not sufficiently predictable free time | 213 (53.1%) | 5 (10.2%) | 208 (59.1%) | < 0.001 |
 Irregular working hours | 208 (51.9%) | 25 (51.0%) | 183 (52.0%) | 0.899 |
 Night work | 207 (51.6%) | 29 (59.2%) | 17 (50.6%) | 0.258 |
 Insufficient sleeping times | 147 (36.7%) | 21 (42.9%) | 126 (35.8%) | 0.336 |
 Non-professional bridge team | 85 (21.2%) | 12 (24.5%) | 73 (20.7%) | 0.547 |
 Long operating times at a stretch | 66 (16.5%) | 3 (6.1%) | 63 (17.9%) | 0.037 |
 Working under wet and cold conditions | 29 (7.2%) | 11 (22.4%) | 18 (5.1%) | < 0.001 |
 High responsibility for safe navigation | 20 (5.0%) | 6 (12.2%) | 14 (4.0%) | 0.013 |
Stand-by time (8 days or 4 months respectively between two long vacations) |  | < 0.001 | ||
 Appropriate | 190 (47.4%) | 41 (83.7%) | 149 (42.3%) |  |
 Too long | 185 (46.1%) | 6 (12.2%) | 179 (50.9%) |  |
 Too short | 26 (6.5%) | 2 (4.1%) | 24 (6.8%) |  |
Occupational accident with severe personal injury, n (%) | 79 (19.7%) | 5 (10.2%) | 74 (21.0%) | 0.074 |
Vessel damage, n (%) | 208 (51.9%) | 37 (75.5%) | 171 (48.5%) | < 0.001 |