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 non-professional 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 non-professional 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 non-professionals 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.
Highlights
The stress is a phenomenon which is natural and essential to the survival of each one of us and who affects almost everyone allowing the individual to adapt to situations changing
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
The results showed that 91.7% of the interviewed taxi drivers said to have good to better health, with 18% suffering from sight problems
Summary
The stress is a phenomenon which is natural and essential to the survival of each one of us and who affects almost everyone allowing the individual to adapt to situations changing. Whereas former studies highlighted the multidimensional nature of stress during control [2] [3]. Studies primarily treat physiological stress reactions during the execution of the control spot and the existing bonds between the road accidents and the scores on stress scales of the daily life [8]. Speaking, these results show an improvement on the driver’s physiological reactions [9] and more precisely on road congestion
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