Professional Stress Factor of Vulnerability in Which Has Occurred of the Road Traffic Accidents at a Sample of Drivers in Morocco

Abstract

The professional stress is a physical and emotional harmful reaction. In fact, it presents a major public health problem in Morocco. Our work is directed to study the differences between the various groups of professional and nonprofessional drivers in terms of stress reactions, noise nuisance and implication in the production accidents. The present study is transversal descriptive type based on a questionnaire and neuropsychological tests conducted by 60 nonprofessional drivers and 60 taxi drivers in Kenitra. Two scales evaluated the stress: the Resistance Test of Stress (TRS) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). According to this last scale, 63.5% of the taxi drivers were considered as stressed. These drivers have the following specific components: mood trouble, sleep trouble, pressure of time, work boredom, stress sensation and tiredness at the end of driving. 65% of drivers take a pause after 5 to 6 hours of work. According to the Test of Resistance at the Stress, the taxi driver's populations are more homogeneous but are less likely to resist stress compared to their nonprofessionals counterparts. Indeed to work on the professional stress requires a qualitative and quantitative approach phenomenon allowing a more complete vision. This study sheds new light on the understanding of stress at work by using new measurement and evaluation methods such as TRS, with an aim to reduce or to eliminate the number of road accident.

Perceived stress by mototaxi drivers and its relationship with sociodemographic and occupational characteristics

“…There was a prevalence of 46.8% for a high level of perceived stress among motorcycle taxi drivers, a high estimate compared to non-professional drivers (22.3%) and lower than that observed among taxi drivers (63.3%), both from Morocco ( 25 ) . Brazilian and international studies on perceived stress in motorcycle taxi drivers were not identified, which made comparisons with the findings of the present study difficult.…”

“…The items are composed of a four-point Likert scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree). Excessive commitment was dichotomized into “absent” and “present”, using the median cut-off point ( 25 ) .…”

Estresse percebido por mototaxistas e sua relação com características sociodemográficas e ocupacionais

“…Evidenciou-se prevalência de 46,8% para alto nível de estresse percebido entre os mototaxistas, estimativa elevada em comparação a motoristas não profissionais (22,3%) e inferior à observada entre taxistas (63,3%), ambos do Marrocos (25) . Estudos brasileiros e internacionais sobre o estresse percebido em mototaxistas não foram identificados, o que dificultou comparações com os achados do presente estudo.…”

“…Os itens são compostos por escala Likert de quatro pontos (concordo totalmente a discordo totalmente). O comprometimento excessivo foi dicotomizado em "ausente" e "presente", tendo como ponto de corte a mediana (25) .…”