Ueda T, Hashimoto M, Yasui I, Sunaga M, Higashida T, Hara I
Department of Public Health, Kansai Medical University.
Sangyo Igaku. 1989 May;31(3):162-75. doi: 10.1539/joh1959.31.162.
A questionnaire survey was conducted on 5,523 taxi drivers in Osaka Prefecture to investigate their working conditions and daily life as well as characteristics of their health condition and various effects on health, especially on their cardiovascular system. The major results of this survey were as follows: 1) The rate of subjective symptoms, morbidity rate and rate of poor physical condition over the past year in the taxi drivers were higher than those of the control group. Among the subjective symptoms, the rate of gastrointestinal disorders, fatigue, musculoskeletal system disorders, sensory system disorders, hemorrhoids, etc. was especially high. 2) Work shift, density of work, years of experience in taxi-driving, frequency of fright while driving, pattern of taking meals, way of recuperation on rest days or holidays, obesity, smoking, and intake of coffee and alcohol were found to be factors affecting the health of taxi drivers. 3) Nearly half of the respondents said that they would like to quit or change their job with as much as 62% giving "condition of health" as reason. On the other hand, the rate of heart-related symptoms such as palpitation, and breathlessness did not differ from that of the control group. The possible reason for this deduced from the foregoing results, is that there were some who had changed or quit the job at an early stage for health reasons such as heart trouble and severe physical and mental burden resulting from taxi driving. 4) Many taxi driver are obese and the rate of those with heart-related symptoms was considerably high among those classified as obese. In addition, the results showed that those with longer driving experience tended to be obese.
对大阪府的5523名出租车司机进行了问卷调查，以调查他们的工作条件和日常生活，以及健康状况的特点和对健康的各种影响，特别是对其心血管系统的影响。本次调查的主要结果如下：1）出租车司机过去一年的主观症状发生率、发病率和身体状况不佳率高于对照组。在主观症状中，胃肠道疾病、疲劳、肌肉骨骼系统疾病、感觉系统疾病、痔疮等的发生率尤其高。2）工作班次、工作密度、出租车驾驶经验年限、驾驶时受惊频率、用餐模式、休息日或节假日的恢复方式、肥胖、吸烟以及咖啡和酒精的摄入量被发现是影响出租车司机健康的因素。3）近一半的受访者表示他们想辞职或换工作，多达62%的人以“健康状况”为由。另一方面，心悸、呼吸急促等与心脏相关症状的发生率与对照组没有差异。根据上述结果推断，可能的原因是有些人因心脏病等健康原因以及出租车驾驶带来的严重身心负担，在早期就更换了工作或辞职。4）许多出租车司机肥胖，在肥胖人群中，与心脏相关症状的发生率相当高。此外，结果表明，驾驶经验较长的人往往肥胖。
