Preventing maritime accidents: The role of human factors and cognitive performance.

Background: The maritime industry, despite rigorous safety measures, remains a high-risk sector due to persistent human errors. Objective: This study aims to assess mental workload, accuracy, and attention across various mental states and explore the relationships among key variables affecting cogni...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 345 - 359
Autores principales: Salimi, Fatemeh, Ghalenoei, Mehran, Mohammadi, Elmira, Ahmadi, Omran
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jan2026
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          Salimi, Fatemeh
          Ghalenoei, Mehran
          Mohammadi, Elmira
          Ahmadi, Omran
        affil: Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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          Ships
          Accidents, Occupational Prevention and Control
          Cognition
          Human Error
          Attention
          Workload
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Male
          Work Experiences
          Adult
          Funding Source
          Heart Rate Physiology
          Stress, Physiological
          Meditation
          Blood Pressure
          Questionnaires
          Simulations
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
      ab: Background: The maritime industry, despite rigorous safety measures, remains a high-risk sector due to persistent human errors. Objective: This study aims to assess mental workload, accuracy, and attention across various mental states and explore the relationships among key variables affecting cognitive performance through a Bayesian network (BN) analysis. Methods: Data were collected from 51 officers at a maritime training center using demographic surveys and the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) mental workload index. Participants were then subjected to three different simulation scenarios, during which their physiological responses and brain waves were recorded. Results: Results indicated that effort scored the highest and failure the lowest among the dimensions assessed. Notably, the average heart rate increased from 74.33 beats per minute at rest to 85.92 after the second scenario, signifying heightened physiological stress. Post-scenario analyses showed an increase in attention and alertness levels compared to the resting state, while meditation levels decreased. Physiological responses, including heart rate and blood pressure, were found to elevate after rest periods, correlating with decreased attention and increased mental workload, as evidenced by the BN findings. Conclusions: These results underscore the intricate interplay between physiological responses and cognitive performance, highlighting the critical need for targeted strategies to mitigate human errors in maritime operations.
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