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Batool Z, Younis MW, Yasir A, Rehman AU, Dilawar M, Yasin M, Hamza M, Shahzad S, Ali MS, Jamil A, Asghar Khan MH. Effects of safety pattern, cabin ergonomics, and sleep on work-related stress and burnout of city and transit bus drivers in Lahore, Pakistan. ERGONOMICS 2022; 65:704-718. [PMID: 34544328 DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2021.1983029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The health and working environment of bus drivers is compromised in low-middle-income countries like Pakistan which leads to burnout and excessive Road Traffic Crashes. Hence, this study delves into factors affecting their safe operations from health and work environment perspectives and measures their associated stress and Burnout level. In a study of four hundred and ninety-nine (499), 86% city and 14% transit bus drivers are surveyed through a questionnaire. Stress is estimated for city and transit bus drivers, using the Effort/Reward Imbalance Model (ERI) of Siegrist, and burnout is calculated using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI). For the determination of important determinants, descriptive and regression analyses are conducted. Findings show that stress has emerged as a negative factor for the physical and psychological health of city and transit bus drivers. Results based on bus drivers' responses suggest that organisational awareness and emphasis on health and safety levels can significantly reduce driver stress and burnout. Practitioner Summary: This study explores burnout and work-related stress of bus drivers in Lahore (Pakistan). City and transit bus drivers were interviewed through a questionnaire, containing three sections, using different subjective ratings based upon their past reliability. Results indicate that stress in bus drivers emerged as a physical and psychological health-damaging factor.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zahara Batool
- Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK), Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Technology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
- School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Transportation Engineering and Management, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Bergomi M, Modenese A, Ferretti E, Ferrari A, Licitra G, Vivoli R, Gobba F, Aggazzotti G. Work-related stress and role of personality in a sample of Italian bus drivers. Work 2017; 57:433-440. [DOI: 10.3233/wor-172581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Margherita Bergomi
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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