QUALITY OF LIFE OF SECURITY OFFICERS IN THAKSIN UNIVERSITY PHATTHALUNG CAMPUS

Abstract

          The objective of this study was to study the quality of life of security guards at Thaksin University, and the factors affecting the quality of life of security personnel at Thaksin University, Phatthalung Campus.A total of 58 subjects from purposive sampling were conducted. Data was collected by a questionnaire with a confidence validity of 0.87, and the data was analyzed for quality of life to be 5 levels and analyze personal factors and quality of life levels with Chi-square statistics. The study found that security guards were 58 men, most of whom were aged 41 years or older (48.3 %), occupational income of 10,000 – 13,000 baht, number (75.9 %), secondary education (63.8 %), most current job age, more than 4 years experience (34.5 %), one-day work period, of mostly more than 8 hours a day (77.6 %), had training (96.6%), and most of them had no history of accidents (81 %). The overall quality of life study was good, and when classified on each side issues, it was found that 1) physical health was very good ( x̅ = 3.93; SD= 0.71) 2) psychologically very good ( x̅ = 3.47; SD= 0.71) 3). Social relations levels (x̅ = 3.60; SD=0.66) and 4) environmental levels are very good (x̅ = 3.18; SD= 0.75), respectively. The factors correlated with quality of life were age, duration of work, smoking, and drinking alcohol significantly associated with all aspects of quality of life  (p < 0.05).