A study on stress among government city bus drivers in Hubli.

Abstract

A study was conducted on stress among government city bus drivers in Hubli from 4 th June to 3 rd July 2013 2.1 Sample size: Study sample was collected of 100 bus drivers. 2.2 Inclusion criteria: The bus drivers who were plying within the city limits were taken in the study. 2.3 Exclusion criteria: The bus drivers plying outside city limits were excluded. 2.4 Study method: Structured, preformed and pretested questionnaire was prepared. Permission was taken from CPM, NWKRTC, Gokul road, Hubli. Data was collected by using the questionnaire regarding the socio-demographic profile which contained name, age, education status, socioeconomic status, marital status etc. General information about the bus drivers regarding number of years of service, no. of hours of sleep and work, bad habits etc. were collected. Frequency of bus passenger accident by each bus drivers, concern for driving, confirming safe conditions for drive observed by the drivers during their work were asked. Then depression among bus drivers was assessed by self rating depression scale 4. Various job stressors like aptitude for job, bad environment in bus and among colleagues, complaints from passenger were taken. Lastly details regarding recognition from others about their job were collected. The data was then tabulated in MS excel, correlation tests were applied to the suitable tabulated data and the same was analysed in SPSS 17.0.

A study on occupational health hazards and morbidity profile of the bus drivers and conductors working in government bus depots of South Kolkata

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“…Regarding Roy P et al Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020 Dec;7 (12): [5054][5055][5056][5057][5058][5059][5060][5061][5062] International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | December 2020 | Vol 7 | Issue 12 Page 5062 personal health practices majority were taking food from outside and having habit of smoking. These malpractices could further jeopardize their physical health.…”

Role of Tobacco Warning Labels in Informing Smokers about Risks of Smoking among Bus Drivers in Mangalore, India

“…Bus drivers are also one of the professions with high stress (Bathija et al, 2014) and studies show that prevalence of tobacco smoking is higher among bus drivers (Goon and Bipasha 2014;Udayar et al, 2014). To our knowledge, there has been no previous study conducted to assess the awareness of tobacco related risks among bus drivers exposed to warning labels.…”

Entregas tardías o incorrectas en el autotransporte de carga y su relación con las condiciones laborales de los choferes: Un modelo de regresión logística

“…Algunos estudios sobre conductores han demostrado, que el estrés, afecta la productividad y el desempeño de los trabajadores del volante (Bathija et al, 2014;Lámbarry et al, 2016). Así, no es de extrañar que el estrés se haya incluido como uno de los factores en el modelo y que, en la medida en que incrementa, también aumenta la probabilidad de incumplimiento en las entregas a tiempo.…”

“…En segundo lugar, el estrés y la satisfacción en el trabajo de los conductoresdeterminados por el confort, el nivel de ruido, la seguridad, los dispositivos tecnológicos y las características de los vehículos que utilizan (Ordaz et al, 2007)-tienen relación con la productividad y el desempeño de sus actividades (Bathija et al, 2014;Lámbarry, Trujillo, & Cumbres, 2016). Estos factores psicosociales pueden ocasionar comportamientos negativos en el trabajo, por lo que resultan de gran importancia, no sólo por aumentar el riesgo de accidentes laborales sino por la cantidad de efectos adversos para la salud física y mental que se generan en este grupo de trabajo.…”