title: Quality of life among Thai workers in textile dyeing factories.
abstract: The purpose of a cross-sectional study was to investigate factors influencing the quality of life among Thai workers in textile dyeing factories. Samples included 205 Thai workers from five textile dyeing factories located in the suburban area of Bangkok in Thailand. Data were collected with a self-administered questionnaire. Scales of the questionnaire had reliability coefficients ranging from 0.70-0.91. The results revealed that the overall quality of life among workers was most likely between good and moderate levels, and the percentage-mean score was 74.77. The seven factors associated with the overall quality of life were co-worker relationships, safety at work in the dimension of accident prevention, job characteristics, supervisory relationships, welfares, marital status, and physical environment. Furthermore, co-worker relationships, accident prevention, and marital status were three considerable predictors accounted for 23% of the variance in the overall quality of life among workers in textile dyeing factories.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University. wirin.kit@mahidol.ac.th.
authors.forename: Wirin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kittipichai
authors.forename: Rattanaporn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arsa
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jirapongsuwan
authors.forename: Chatchawal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Singhakant
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017751:Safety Management; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013784:Textiles; D013785:Thailand; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents