Rosales-Flores RA, Mendoza-Rodríguez JM, Granados-Cosme JA. [Life, health and work conditions of taxi drivers in Mexico City].
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2018;
56:279-286. [PMID:
30394716]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
In informal work, unfavorable working conditions derived from labor flexibility, employment insecurity and reduction of purchasing power have more impact in marginal population. For taxi drivers, informal work may be detrimental to their working conditions, and to their life and health as well.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the relationship between the living and working conditions of taxi drivers from the Milpa Alta precinct and their health conditions from March to July, 2016.
METHODS
A complete medical record was performed on 44 male taxi drivers, aged 21 to 73 years, from a Milpa Alta taxi stand in Mexico City. Two questionnaires were administered, one on material life conditions and another on labor conditions. Anthropometric measures were taken as well as the lipid levels and glucose through capillary samples. The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MS) was made with ATPIII criteria. Based on the results, the pathological profile was defined and the relationship between working and health conditions, the frequencies of the symptomatology by devices and systems, as well as the prevalence of the diagnoses of degenerative disease were analyzed.
RESULTS
It was found that 93% of the participants presented some component of MS; 34% presented three or more components. The nosological entities with highest frequencies were dyslipidemia (86%), obesity (52%), type 2 diabetes mellitus (18%) and hypertension (25%).
CONCLUSIONS
The symptoms with higher frequencies were those related to the work process instead of the material conditions of life.
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