Drivers' Life Quality, Marital Satisfaction, and Social Support in Cargo Terminal of Yazd City

This is important to consider the health, social support, and
marital satisfaction of drivers since they own one of the essential and stressful
jobs in society. The purpose of this research was to investigate quality of life,
marital satisfaction, and social support of the drivers referring to the cargo
terminal of Yazd City.
Methods: In order to collect data, 134 drivers in Yazd cargo terminal were
selected. The ENRICH questionnaire of marital satisfaction, SF - 36
questionnaire, and social support questionnaire (SSQ) have been used as data
collection tools. The collected data were then analyzed by Independent T test,
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation.
Results: According to the results, the drivers' average age was 40.2 ± 9.17 years
old. The mean scores of marital satisfaction, quality of life, and social support
were equal to 120.04 ± 20.14 out of 175, 99.69 ± 18.14 out of 149, and 15 ± 4.76
out of 23, respectively. About 60.4 % of drivers were not satisfied with their jobs.
There were significant relationships between weight and marital satisfaction
(P = 0.02), as well as between job satisfaction (P = 0.003) (P = 0.015) and income
(P = 0.047) (P = 0.020), to social support and quality of life. Also, a strong
significant positive relationship was observed in correlation coefficient between
social support and two variables of quality of life and marital satisfaction
(P = 0.000).
Conclusion: This can be argued that marital satisfaction, quality of life, and
social support of the drivers are lower than the expected levels. Therefore, it can
be concluded that physical and mental health of drivers can be effective on
safety of roads; thereby it is necessary to improve their conditions in marital
satisfaction, quality of life, and social support