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ArticleSafety and health at work2018

Working Conditions, Job Strain, and Traffic Safety among Three Groups of Public Transport Drivers.

Sergio A Useche, Viviola Gómez, Boris Cendales, Francisco Alonso

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Article in Safety and health at work, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Depression, anxiety and stress in taxi drivers: a systematic review of the literature.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025
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  2. Suicide among transport industry workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022
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4 authors.

Sergio A UsecheDATS (Development and Advising in Traffic Safety) Research Group, INTRAS (Research Institute on Traffic and Road Safety), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Viviola GómezDepartment of Psychology, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Boris CendalesFaculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, El Bosque University, Bogotá, Colombia.
Francisco AlonsoDATS (Development and Advising in Traffic Safety) Research Group, INTRAS (Research Institute on Traffic and Road Safety), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWorking conditions and psychosocial work factors have acquired an important role explaining the well-being and performance of professional drivers, including those working in the field of public transport. This study aimed to examine the association between job strain and the operational performance of public transport drivers and to compare the expositions with psychosocial risk at work of three different types of transport workers: taxi drivers, city bus drivers, and interurban bus drivers.

methodA sample of 780 professional drivers was drawn from three transport companies in Bogota (Colombia). The participants answered the Job Content Questionnaire and a set of sociodemographic and driving performance questions, including age, professional driving experience, work schedules, and accidents and penalties suffered in the last 2 years.

resultsAnalyses showed significant associations between measures of socio-labor variables and key performance indicators such road traffic accidents and penalties. Furthermore, multiple linear regression analysis contributed to explain significantly suffered accidents from key variables of the Job Demand-Control model, essentially from job strain. In addition, throughout

conclusionWork stress is an issue that compromises the safety of professional drivers. This research provides evidence supporting a significant effect of job strain on the professional driver's performance. Moreover, the statistically significant differences between taxi drivers, city bus drivers, and interurban bus drivers in their expositions to work-related stress suggest the need for tailored occupational safety interventions on each occupational group.

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Job strainProfessional driversPsychosocial factors at workRoad traffic accidentsWorking conditions

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PMID30559995
PMCPMC6284153

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