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KMID : 0869520090150020071
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2009 Volume.15 No. 2 p.71 ~ p.81
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Analysis of Factors Affecting the Health Behavior of Taxi-drivers
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Ko Ja-Kyung
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to find out interrelation of health behavior and related variables to provide basic data for an effective health promotion for the taxi-divers.
Methods: 293 male taxi-drivers from 2 cities in Korea participated in this study. The data were collected using questionnaires from April 17th to Jun 3rd, 2006, and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression.
Results: There were statistically significant differences according to monthly income, past illness or surgery, current disease or medication, frequency of fright on daily driving (FFDD), driving fatigue, working style, social support in health status; current disease or medication, FFDD, driving fatigue, duty shift, social support in health perception; body mass index (BMI), FFDD, driving fatigue, intention of changing job, social support in health behavior. Social support, health status, health perception, and health behavior were significantly correlated with one another. The multiple regression analysis showed that health perception (17.8%), BMI (6.8%), intention of changing job (5.7%), and driving fatigue (4.2%) explained the 34.5% variance of health behavior. And the 22.6% of variance of health perception was explained by social support (12.2%), health status (6.9%), and duty shift (3.2%).
Conclusions: To promote the taxi-drivers’ health, nursing intervention strategies unique for them should consider health behavior and affecting factors.
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KEYWORD
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Health status, Health perception, Health behavior, Social support, Taxi-driver
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