Objective To investigate the quality of life in hot environment workers of steel enterprises and its related factors and to provide scientific base for improving their quality of life.
Methods Four hundred workers were inquired using self-regulating questionnaire and WHOQOL.
Results The workers' scores in physiological, psychological and environmental quality of life were worse than the norm(P<0.05), but subjective feeling was positive. The influencing factors of QOL(quality of life)in hot environment workers include:sleep satisfaction, work in shifts and working satisfaction which influence on the score in physiological quality of life, sleep satisfaction and sleep time which influence on the score in psychological quality of life. Score in social quality of life was affected by marriage and working satisfaction. Score in environmental quality of life was affected by working satisfaction and working pressure.
Conclusion The QOL in the steel workers in hot environment was lower. The major factors were sleep satisfaction, working satisfaction, sleep time, work in shifts and working pressure.
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