IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/pubtra/v14y2022i3d10.1007_s12469-021-00272-2.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The psychophysiological status of rail traffic operators and modern approaches to its correction

Author

Listed:
  • Aiman Musina

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Aigul Abduldayeva

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Bulat Suleimenov

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Zharas Sembaev

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Roza Suleimenova

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Marzhan Myrzakhanova

    (Sh.Ualikhanova Kokshetau University)

  • Saltanat Urazova

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Dana Assambayeva

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Nazim Galimgozhina

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Vsevolod Osipov

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Kulzhami Ospanova

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Tolkyn Zhakupova

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

  • Ainagul Kazbekova

    (NJSC “Astana Medical University”)

Abstract

In order to reduce the risk and assess the organism’s ability to cope with stress in the changing workplace environment of the rail industry, we have conducted psychophysiological examinations to assess the functional status of 204 rail transport operators (Astana, Kazakhstan). The occupational composition included traffic operators, in particular, train, terminal, locomotive, and energy operators, 204 persons in total. The assessment included the analysis of professional activity, registration of 22 characteristics of labor stressfulness across three subdivisions and sections, and psychophysiological status tests over the course of a shift using EPDK-MK and Varicard automatic machines. Functional studies were conducted via certified methods before and after the shift. The reliability of traffic operators depends on their health, since any deviations can affect the mental processes that are responsible for professional activity. It was found that the indicators of the psychophysiological status were characterized by pronounced fatigue, which required not only pre-shift control, but also post-shift express correction. Recommendations how to reduce stress were marked. The main ones are improvement of equipment, giving on the job access to professional psychological counseling, support during work in dangerous conditions and modeling of an optimal daily routine.

Suggested Citation

  • Aiman Musina & Aigul Abduldayeva & Bulat Suleimenov & Zharas Sembaev & Roza Suleimenova & Marzhan Myrzakhanova & Saltanat Urazova & Dana Assambayeva & Nazim Galimgozhina & Vsevolod Osipov & Kulzhami O, 2022. "The psychophysiological status of rail traffic operators and modern approaches to its correction," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 635-653, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:pubtra:v:14:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s12469-021-00272-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s12469-021-00272-2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12469-021-00272-2
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s12469-021-00272-2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Cary L. Cooper & Judi Marshall, 2013. "Occupational Sources of Stress: A Review of the Literature Relating to Coronary Heart Disease and Mental Ill Health," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Cary L. Cooper (ed.), From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1, chapter 1, pages 3-23, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. Jens Parbo & Otto Anker Nielsen & Carlo Giacomo Prato, 2016. "Passenger Perspectives in Railway Timetabling: A Literature Review," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(4), pages 500-526, July.
    3. Gabriel Dorantes-Argandar & Edna Yasiel Rivera-Vázquez & Karlena María Cárdenas-Espinoza, 2019. "Measuring situations that stress public bus users in Mexico: a case study of Cuernavaca, Morelos," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 577-587, October.
    4. Muhammad Adeel & Anthony Gar-On Yeh & Feng Zhang, 2016. "Transportation disadvantage and activity participation in the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 65025, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    5. Adeel, Muhammad & Yeh, Anthony Gar-On & Zhang, Feng, 2016. "Transportation disadvantage and activity participation in the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 1-12.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Farhan Haider & Zia ur Rehman & Ammad Hassan Khan & Maryam Ilyas & Inamullah Khan, 2021. "Performance Evaluation of BRT Standard in Decision Support System for Integrated Transportation Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-19, February.
    2. Tao, Sui & He, Sylvia Y. & Kwan, Mei-Po & Luo, Shuli, 2020. "Does low income translate into lower mobility? An investigation of activity space in Hong Kong between 2002 and 2011," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    3. Muhammad Adeel & Anthony G. O. Yeh & Feng Zhang, 2017. "Gender inequality in mobility and mode choice in Pakistan," Transportation, Springer, vol. 44(6), pages 1519-1534, November.
    4. Joseph, Lucy & Neven, An & Martens, Karel & Kweka, Opportuna & Wets, Geert & Janssens, Davy, 2020. "Measuring individuals' travel behaviour by use of a GPS-based smartphone application in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    5. Zulqarnain H. Khattak & Mark J. Magalotti & John S. Miller & Michael D. Fontaine, 2017. "Using New Mode Choice Model Nesting Structures to Address Emerging Policy Questions: A Case Study of the Pittsburgh Central Business District," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-16, November.
    6. María del Carmen Pérez-Peña & Mercedes Jiménez-García & José Ruiz-Chico & Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez, 2021. "Transport Poverty with Special Reference to Sustainability: A Systematic Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-13, January.
    7. Md. Kamruzzaman & Tan Yigitcanlar & Jay Yang & Mohd Afzan Mohamed, 2016. "Measures of Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Critical Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-30, July.
    8. Marie Thynell, 2016. "The Quest for Gender-Sensitive and Inclusive Transport Policies in Growing Asian Cities," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(3), pages 72-82.
    9. Zolnik, Edmund J. & Malik, Ammar & Irvin-Erickson, Yasemin, 2018. "Who benefits from bus rapid transit? Evidence from the Metro Bus System (MBS) in Lahore," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 139-149.
    10. Meloni, Carlo & Pranzo, Marco & Samà, Marcella, 2021. "Risk of delay evaluation in real-time train scheduling with uncertain dwell times," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    11. Hartleb, J. & Schmidt, M.E. & Friedrich, M. & Huisman, D., 2019. "A good or a bad timetable: Do different evaluation functions agree?," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2019-002-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    12. Xie, J. & Wong, S.C. & Zhan, S. & Lo, S.M. & Chen, Anthony, 2020. "Train schedule optimization based on schedule-based stochastic passenger assignment," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
    13. Högdahl, Johan & Bohlin, Markus & Fröidh, Oskar, 2019. "A combined simulation-optimization approach for minimizing travel time and delays in railway timetables," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 192-212.
    14. Wenliang Zhou & Wenzhuang Fan & Xiaorong You & Lianbo Deng, 2019. "Demand-Oriented Train Timetabling Integrated with Passenger Train-Booking Decisions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-34, September.
    15. Toru Seo & Kentaro Wada & Daisuke Fukuda, 2023. "Fundamental diagram of urban rail transit considering train–passenger interaction," Transportation, Springer, vol. 50(4), pages 1399-1424, August.
    16. Lusby, Richard M. & Larsen, Jesper & Bull, Simon, 2018. "A survey on robustness in railway planning," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 266(1), pages 1-15.
    17. Liping Ge & Stefan Voß & Lin Xie, 2022. "Robustness and disturbances in public transport," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 191-261, March.
    18. Chow, Andy H.F. & Pavlides, Aris, 2018. "Cost functions and multi-objective timetabling of mixed train services," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 335-356.
    19. Jinyoung Min, 2017. "Effects of the Use of Social Network Sites on Task Performance: Toward a Sustainable Performance in a Distracting Work Environment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-21, December.
    20. Paulsen, Mads & Rasmussen, Thomas Kjær & Nielsen, Otto Anker, 2021. "Impacts of real-time information levels in public transport: A large-scale case study using an adaptive passenger path choice model," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 155-182.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Health; Occupational factors; Rail transport; Stress; Traffic control service;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:pubtra:v:14:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s12469-021-00272-2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.