Analysis of occupational stress and influencing factors of civil aviation pilots

Objective to investigate the current status of job stress of pilots and related influencing factors. Methods Cluster sampling was used to select 656 pilots as respondents. The contents of the investigation included general data and occupational information. The job content questionnaire (JCQ) was used to measure work requirements independent imbalance type. Results 71.19% (467/656) of the 656 pilots had work requirements independent imbalance type of occupational stress. Univariate analysis showed that the factors of age, marital status, education level, personal habits (smoking/alcohol consumption), daily sleep time and professional title had various degrees of influence on the different factor scores of JCQ. However, only age, marital status, education level, daily sleep time and professional title showed influence on the JCQ total score(P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that main influencing factors of JCQ stress included age, marital status, education level, personal habits (smoking/alcohol consumption), daily sleep time and length of service. Conclusion Pilots had higher occupational stress level. According to the different occupational nature and working environment the intervention should be carried out according to the specific factors affecting occupational stress of pilots.