Analysis on current status and influential factors of occupational stress among couriers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2019.06.010
- VernacularTitle: 快递从业人员职业应激状况及其影响因素
- Author:
Xingyuan QIU
1
;
Hao DAI
;
Xintian YU
;
Changlong WU
;
Yibing QIU
Author Information
1. Occupational health section of Shajing Institute of Disease Prevention and Health Care, Shenzhen 518104, China
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Couriers;
Occupational stress;
Job demand-control model;
Influential factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2019;37(6):446-449
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the current status and influencing factors of occupational stress among couriers.
Methods:Couriers (n=925) were selected on this study used cluster sampling method from January to March 2018. They were from SF and Zhongtong Express Co., Ltd., on the Wechat platform, and surveyed by a job stress questionnaire based on a job demand-control model.Valid questionnaires(n=617) were obtained.
Results:A total of 418 workers were occupational stress positive (67.7%). The results of Chi-square analysis showed that there were significant differences in occupational stress among workers categorized by job position, working years, mealtime, sleeping time, and weekly work time (P<0.05). The multivariate logistic analysis indicated that non-regular meals, short-term sleep and less than 0.5 working years were risk factors for occupational stress(P<0.05).
Conclusion:Couriers generally have occupational stress. The main influencing factors are job position, working years mealtime, sleeping time, and weekly work time. It is necessary to guide healthy lifestyle, rationally organize labor and assign tasks, and improve working environment to relieve their occupational stress.
