AircrewHealth.comThe Stress Studies described here are designed to investigate the kinds of stresses people in the aviation industry experience at work and in their personal lives, how they cope, and the effects on their health.
To this end, we have designed a suite of on-line surveys to collect information from participants.
There are three versions of the stress study, running in parallel:
Study participants fill in a survey questionnaire that is on-line.
On average, it takes about 30 minutes to fill in the questionnaire.
Participation is anonymous. We do not ask for your name, or the name of the company you work for.
All nationalities are welcome to participate. The survey questionnaires are in English.
We use a "rolling sample" method to collect data for these surveys. By this we mean that data collection is continuous. The first analyses were begun when there were about 200 responses. Periodically, with the accumulation of more data, we "run the numbers" again.
The Stress Study for Pilots and Flight Attendants is now closed. Data analysis is underway. If you would like to know more about the Aircrew Stress Study, click on this link for a more detailed introduction.
The Aviation Ground Crew Stress Study is still open. If you work in aviation on the ground, and would like to participate in the Aviation Ground Crew Stress Study, click on this link to read a more detailed introduction, or go directly to the questionnaire for:
The three questionnaires are identical, except for certain job-specific items. This allows us to compare and contrast measures of stress and health between occupational groups, as well as to investigate ranges of response within each occupational group.
In addition to the job-specific sections, which were designed specifically for this study, all versions of the survey include a number of widely used health and psychological measures. Use of such measures facilitates comparison of the results from the our studies with the results of similar studies carried out with different occupational groups and the general population.
