Health status, intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education among taxi drivers in Jinan, China
المؤلفون المشاركون
Li, Jie
Yang, Yan
Fan, Xiao sheng
Tian, Cui huan
Zhang, Wei
Li, Shu qing
المصدر
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 16، العدد 4 (30 إبريل/نيسان 2014)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2014-04-30
دولة النشر
الإمارات العربية المتحدة
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : Taxi drivers are exposed to various risk factors such as work overload, stress, an irregular diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, which make these individuals vulnerable to many diseases.
This study was designed to assess the health status of this occupational group.
Objectives : The objective was to explore the health status, the intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education among taxi drivers in Jinan, China.
Patients and Methods : The sample-size was determined scientifically.
The systematic sampling procedure was used for selecting the sample.
Four hundred taxi drivers were randomly selected from several taxi companies in Jinan.
In total, 396 valid questionnaires (from 370 males and 26 females) were returned.
Health status, intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education were assessed by a self-designed questionnaire.
Other personal information including sex, age, ethnicity, marital status, years of employment as a taxi driver, education level, and habits were also collected.
Results : This survey revealed that 54.8 % of taxi drivers reported illness in the last two weeks and 44.7 % of participants reported chronic diseases.
The prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, gastroenteritis, arthritis, and heart disease were 18.2 %, 8.8 %, 26 %, 18.4 %, and 4.8 % of questioned taxi drivers, respectively.
Significant self-reported symptoms included fatigue, waist and back pain, headache, dyspepsia, and dry throat affecting 49.7 %, 26.2 %, 23.5 %, 26 %, and 27 % of participants, respectively.
In total, 90.1 % of subjects thought that it was necessary to receive a regular health examination.
Only 17.9 % of subjects had been given information about health education, and significantly, more than 87 % of subjects who had been given information about health education reported that the information had been helpful.
Conclusions : Taxi drivers’ health was poor in our survey.
Thus, using health education interventions to improve knowledge and change in behaviors are necessary and effective programs that improve the health of individuals in this special occupational group are needed.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Yang, Yan& Fan, Xiao sheng& Tian, Cui huan& Zhang, Wei& Li, Jie& Li, Shu qing. 2014. Health status, intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education among taxi drivers in Jinan, China. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 16, no. 4, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-366250
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Yang, Yan…[et al.]. Health status, intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education among taxi drivers in Jinan, China. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 16, no. 4 (Apr. 2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-366250
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Yang, Yan& Fan, Xiao sheng& Tian, Cui huan& Zhang, Wei& Li, Jie& Li, Shu qing. Health status, intention to seek health examination, and participation in health education among taxi drivers in Jinan, China. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2014. Vol. 16, no. 4, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-366250
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 5-6
رقم السجل
BIM-366250
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