St.

Mary’s College of Meycauayan

Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020

Aspiring Maritime students’ Body Mass Index and their awareness on Medical
Examination

Research Question: Is there a significant relationship between aspiring Maritime students’

Body Mass Index and their Medical Examination awareness?
Key points:
 Body Mass Index
 Medical Examination
 Maritime students’ awareness

Key Point # 1:
Body Mass Index
-According to Bridger R.S. (2011). Seafaring is known to be a demanding occupation but
the implications of ageing seafarers are poorly understood. A cross-sectional study carried out on
a single vessel during a summer development. The best predictor or work ability was the
interaction between BMI and age, with increased BMI having a deleterious effect on work ability
in older employees doing moderately demanding work.
APA:
Bridger, R.S.(2011).Age and BMI interact to determine work ability in
seafarers.Retrieved August 5,2019,from
https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/61/3/157/1510003

Key Point # 2:
Medical Examination
-According to Jensen, O.C (2001), The seafarers completed a short questionnaire in
medical clinics in connection with their mandatory health examination. The congruence between
the answers in test and re-test was 94%-100%, apart from the questions on the skip’s tonnage.
The work load in connection with the collection of data in the clinic was considered reasonably
low 8.7% of the injured during their latest tour of duty.
APA:
Jensen, O.C.(2001).International surveillance of seafarers’ health and working
environment.Retrieved August 5,2019,from https://europepmc.org/abstarct/med/11817842
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Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020

Key Point # 3:
Maritime Students’ awareness
-According to Caguimbal, D.A. et al (2013), This research work was pursued to gain
insights regarding the level of awareness of the maritime students on the outcome based
Education through its advantage and disadvantages. Result showed that the respondents are
aware that well-defined assessment criteria makes it clear to both assessors and learners how
assessment will take place as one of the advantage of outcome-based Education.
APA:
Caguimbal, DA. Et al(2013).International maritime health.Retrieved 5,2019,from
https://journals.viamedia.pl/internationalmaritimehealth/ariticle/view/26342

Introduction: Review of Related Literature

Maritime is one of the oldest industries in Seattle-king Country. It incorporates a variety
of land-based occupations in design, manufacturing, and boat repair, along with roles on the
water, from engineering vessel operations. (Work force development council of Seattle-King
Country) This research want to know if those Aspiring maritime students are they aware about
the Medical Examination. There have been several aspects that those aspiring maritime students
are aware of their Body Mass Index having relationship between Medical Examination.
Maritimes is one of that have a high population in getting courses in college. This study peeks to
find if there’s a significant relationship between aspiring maritime students Body Mass Index
and their Medical Examination Awareness.

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index had impacts for being maritime and for aspiring Maritimes. According
to Bridger, R.S. (2011), ‘The best predictor of work ability was the interaction between Body
Mass Index and age”, Body Mass Index is simply getting your weight to height ratio, to know if
you are obesity or underweight. Body Mass Index is important in Maritimes to control their
weight and prevent or reduce excess weight in order to avoid problems like hypertension,
diabetes and heart disease.
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Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020

Medical Examination
Medical Examination had impact for aspiring Maritime. According to Jensen, O.C.
(2001), “The seafarers completed a short questionnaire in medical clinics in connection with
their mandatory health examination.” This means for future researcher and aspiring Maritime
clearly have a Medical Examination/ health examination and it’s mandatory. Medical
requirements and Examination procedures and to ensure that the medical certificates which are
issued to seafarers are valid indicator of their medical fitness for duties they will perform.

Maritime Student’s Awareness

Maritime Students’ awareness are important for every single maritime student. According
to Caguimbal, D.A. (2013), “This research work pursued to gain insights regarding the level of
awareness of the maritime students on the outcome-based education through its advantages and
disadvantage.” Medical Examination are very important to maritime students in determining if
the student is capable of pursuing the course.

Background of the study:

The term ‘physically fit” often conjures of an individual who attends to his daily routines
with alertness and vigor and also at the same time, maintains their BMI, being physically fit also
means being healthy mentally, socially and emotionally. These aspects have to give off positive
outcomes to coin and individual well fit. Being healthy and physically fit is very important to
everyone, especially to students, for this may determine their life profession for their selves. Each
profession requires certain medicals standards that has to be met by the students in order to pursue
their preferred career. There are different fields which require minimum health standards while
there are those which implements very strict health standards. The latter is where the field of
Marine Transportation falls. To be able to pursue this career, a Deck Cadet has to maintain and
assure that he is physically fit and capable of doing the chores, duties and responsibilities that will
be assigned to him when on board. To be able to attest this, medical examinations are being
conducted and this is where this research will focus (synergy group; 2013; Petrick,nd)
Every crew on board ship must have a medical certificate to attest that he is well fit for the
work that he had applied with this, he must be in good health and is therefore not allowed to obtain
and disease which would endanger the health of other persons on board. World Health
Organization (WHO) and International Labor Organization (ILO) provided the guideline which
present the medical conditions that need special consideration. Medical care for seafarers must not
be temporary but a continuous, long term medical follow-up, especially today wherein the safety
of the sea has come more stressed (Saarni, 2013)
All the tests needed to determine the visual fitness of a seafarers are to be reliably
performed by a competent practitioner and use the procedures which are recognized by the relevant
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Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020

national authority. Quality assurance of vision-testing procedures at a person’s first seafarer’s

examination is particularly important to avoid inappropriate career decision makings. Competent
authorities may specify the distance vison which should be tested using Snellen type, the new vison
by reading test type, and the color vision by color confusion plates life the ishihara test (ILO,2013)
This article talks about how important the eye vison of a Seafarers or a Maritimes. Seafarers need
to undergo in procedures tested their eye vison by using Snellen type, The new vison by reading
test type, and lastly the color vision by using a color confusion plates.
Continuous monitoring of one’s overall health is also essential to attain this, a physically
examination is being rendered to the applicants. It is also known as a wellness check. The doctors
also use a techniques known as ‘percussion’, tapping around the body like it was a drum. This
helps him to discover fluid in areas where it should not be, as well as located the borders, consisting
and site of organ. During the exam, the doctor will also check the patient’s height, weight, and
pulse (Krans, 2012) Seafarers have as continuous monitoring health check to attain their physical,
it includes that the doctor will check their height, weight and pulse.
The research’s want the students to be clearly assessed whether they are healthy enough to
pursue their career and avoid spending to much will only result to nothing. Most important, the
researchers would want to imprint into the student’s mind how important and essential health is in
relation to their chosen profession must be enrolled in their respective department of this academy.
Statement of the Problem
This study generally aims to determine if there is a significant relationship between
aspiring maritime students’ Body Mass Index and their Medical Examination awareness.
Specially, this study shall seek answers to…
1. What is level of awareness on Medical Examination of Maritime students?
2. Are aspiring maritime students physically fit based on their body mass index?
3. Is there a significant relationship between aspiring maritime students’ Body Mass Index
and their Medical Examination awareness?

Significant of the Study

This research study is important to evaluate the relationship between aspiring maritime
students’ Body Mass Index and their Medical Examination. Through this study, professors will
be able to instruct those aspiring maritime in a early way. This study will also be able to
implement new memorandum in their institution for better quality of teaching. Overall, this
research will aid students, professors and the institution to or in giving standard way of making
their work accessible.
 St. Mary’s College of Meycauayan
Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Integrated Basic Education Department
Senior High School Level
S.Y. 2019-2020

Scope and Delimitation

This study is focused on the Aspiring Maritime students’ Body Mass Index and their
awareness on Medical Examinations. It involves 3 STEM STRANDS in St. Mary’s College of
Meycauayan. This research’s used stratified random sampling in selecting students’ respondent.