Ensuring Road Safety by Monitoring the Fitness of Road Enforcement Officers

Shahera Natasya Mazlan; S. Sarifah Radiah Shariff; Siti Meriam Zahari

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI40.7717

Authors

Shahera Natasya Mazlan Malaysia Institute of Transport (MITRANS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Road Transport Department, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
S. Sarifah Radiah Shariff Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Siti Meriam Zahari Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v10iSI40.7717

Keywords:

Fitness, Obesity, Road Safety, Productivity

Abstract

Road accidents remain the leading cause of deaths in Malaysia, making the Road Transport Department (RTD) crucial in ensuring safe driving and officer productivity. Obesity among RTD officers is a concern despite initial intensive training. The NHMS 2019 revealed that 50.1% of Malaysian adults were overweight or obese, and RTD officers reflect this trend. In Terengganu, obese officers were required to join fitness programs to improve performance. This study, using questionnaires from randomly selected officers, found that obesity is higher in enforcement departments, with contributing factors including gender, education, work type, lack of exercise, and stress-coping activities, namely gaming.

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