Trial reportPloS one2018
Occupational health disparities among U.S. long-haul truck drivers: the influence of work organization and sleep on cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- A look through Latin America truck drivers' health, a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Cardiometabolic risk factors and mental health status among truck drivers: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- The effectiveness of the Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT).BMC medicine · 2022Trial
- Working conditions of commercial drivers: a scoping review of psychosocial work factors, health outcomes, and interventions.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases of Long-Haul Truck Drivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Role of exercise in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with sleep disorders.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Review
- Relationship of personal, situational, and environmental factors to injury experience in commercial fishing.Journal of safety research · 2023Article
- Emotional intelligence as a conduit for improved occupational health safety environment in the oil and gas sector.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Veteran Truckers, the Supply Chain, and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Convergence of Crises.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Louisiana trucking companies' implementation of workplace health promotion programs: Explanatory sequential mixed method case study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Unravelling the Complexity of Irregular Shiftwork, Fatigue and Sleep Health for Commercial Drivers and the Associated Implications for Roadway Safety.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The necessity of improving cardiovascular health in commercial motor vehicle drivers.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2022Article
- Pre-injury health status of truck drivers with a workers' compensation claim.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Pilot study and cumulative risk framework to advance long-haul driver health.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2022Article
- Working Conditions Influencing Drivers' Safety and Well-Being in the Transportation Industry: "On Board" Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Incorporating Personality Traits to Assess the Risk Level of Aberrant Driving Behaviors for Truck Drivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Time in Nature Associated with Decreased Fatigue in UK Truck Drivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- More Than Just "Stressful"? Testing the Mediating Role of Fatigue on the Relationship Between Job Stress and Occupational Crashes of Long-Haul Truck Drivers.Psychology research and behavior management · 2021Article
- Australian bus drivers' modifiable and contextual risk factors for chronic disease: A workplace study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Closing the gap: data-based decisions in food, nutrition and health systems: proceedings of the Fifth International Summit on Medical and Public Health Nutrition Education and Research.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe organization of work has undergone vast transformations over the past four decades in the United States and has had profound impacts on worker health and wellbeing. The profession of commercial truck driving is one of the best examples. Particularly for long-haul truck drivers, changes in work organization have led to disproportionately poor physiological, psychological, and sleep health outcomes.
methodsThe present study examined disparities in cardiometabolic disease risk among long-haul truck drivers and the general population, and the influence of work organization and sleep in generating these outcomes. Researchers collected survey data from 260 drivers, and blood assay samples from 115 of those drivers, at a large highway truck stop in North Carolina. Comparisons were made for cardiovascular and metabolic risk against the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In addition, logistic regression was used to explore predictive relationships between work organization and sleep and risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
resultsThere were statistically significant mean differences between the long-haul truck driver sample and the NHANES sample for both cardiovascular (3.71 vs. 3.10; p <0.001) and metabolic (4.31 vs. 3.09; p <0.001) disease risk. The truck driver sample was less physically active and had lower HDL cholesterol along with greater levels of smoking, BMI, and metabolic syndrome diagnosis. More years of driving experience and poor sleep quality were statistically significant predictors for both cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.
conclusionsStudy findings implicate elements of the occupational milieu experienced by long-haul truck drivers that induce disproportionate cardiometabolic disease risk. Sleep quality, largely compromised by poor work conditions and workplace environments, plays a significant role in increased risks for cardiometabolic disease. There is an urgent need for longitudinal studies of this critical occupational sector as well as intervention research centered on policy and systems level change.
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