A Study of Bus Drivers in Taipei City Bus Administration:The Correlation among Working Stress Symptoms,Health Promoting Lifestyle,Smoking,Drinking and Betel Chewing Behaviors

• Main Authors: Chen Shan-Hui, 陳善慧
• Other Authors: Lee Hsin-Chiang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91202327287250018339

碩士 === 國立師範大學 === 衛生教育學系 === 86 === The main purpose of this study was to explore the correlation among working stress symptoms, health promoting lifestyle, smoking, drinking and betelchewing behaviors of bus drivers in Taipei City Bus Administration.The stratified cluster sampling method was adopted in selecting the sample. The data was collocted by self-administration or interview with valid enrollment of 348 bus drivers. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, pearson product-moment correlation and stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the data.The main findings included : 1.Working stress symptoms scale was consisted of anxious response subscale, anger tendency subscale and physiological symptoms subscale. Bus drivers scored highest on the subscale of physiological symptoms and lowest on the anger tendency subscale. 2.Health promoting lifestyle scale was consisted of self-actualization subscale, health responsibility subscale, nutrition subscale, exercise subscale, stress management subscale and interpersonal support subscale. Bus drivers scored highest on the subscale of nutrition and lowest on the health responsibility subscale. 3.For valid samples, 51.1﹪of bus drivers were smoking, 59.8﹪of them were drinking and 19.8﹪of them were betel chewing. 4.The tendency of correlation coefficient between respodents'' working stress symptoms and each health behavior in health promoting lifestyle was negative. There were siginificantly positive correlation among smoking, drinking and betel chewing behaviors.It showed the three kinds of smoking, drinking and betel chewing behaviors were clustered one another.5.The results from stepwise regression analysis showed that the more diseases one had and the lower score one had on the scale of health promoting lifestyle, the higher score one had on the scale of working stress symptoms.Bus drivers on south working area or having two kinds of working time had higher score on the scale of working stress symptoms. Furthermore, the lower score one had on the subscale of self-actualization in health promoting lifestyle, the higher score one had on the scale of working stress symptoms.6.The results from stepwise regression analysis showed that the more sources of health knowledge one had and the lower score one had on the scale of working stress symptoms, higher score one had on the scale of health promoting lifestyle. The older one was and the higher one''s education was, higher score one had on the scale of health promoting lifestyle. Bus drivers not being on south working area had higher score on the scale of health promoting lifestyle. 7.The results from stepwise regression analysis showed as follows :（1）the fewer one''s years of service were, the higher smoking behavior one had.（2）the younger one was, the higher drinking behavior one had.（3）the younger one was and the fewer sources of health knowledge one had, the higher betel chewing behavior one had. The lower one''s education was, the higher betel chewing behavior one had.Base on the findings of this study, recommendations were as follows: Firstly, medical health institution should be setted up in Taipei city Bus Administration. Secondly, let bus drivers choose suitable working time, according to their physical and mental health status. Thirdly, offer health educational video tapes about diseases and mental health at bus station. Finallly, help bus drivers to give up smoking, drinking and betel chewing , and to set up health promoting lifestyle. For future study,we can realize the cause and effect among bus drivers'' working stress symptoms, health promoting lifestyle, smoking, drinking and betel chewing behaviors by cohort study.