Professional drivers, i.e. lorry, truck, bus and taxi drivers, have been identified as a particular health risk group. An intervention to study the efficacy of a series of educational programmes, involving improved nutritional balance in meals served, food preparation routines and carrying out personal health profiles on staff, was implemented at a Swedish truck stop in order to target this spe...

The aim of the research was to identify features explicit and implicit assessments hardiness its components obtained for participants whose occupations are associated with risk: security guards, long-distance lorry drivers, footballers from one top football league teams; unconditional execution orders. Measurements were made using specially designed four modifications classical IAT self-report ...

Most accidents are directly related to driving offenses, and drivers who commit more offenses prone accidents. Therefore, reducing can reduce In other words, the recognition of common among heavy vehicle (truck) effective factors in directing them consequently frequency severity It seems that there is a necessity for in-depth studies carry out research on this topic. The main objective study id...

Objective: Driving is a complex behavior and is affected by several factors. This cohort study aimed at representing the main determinants such as personality features, driving behavior, and mental illnesses on driving violation based on logistic regression. Method: In this cohort study, 800 heavy truck and lorry drivers were recruited. Participants were selected from those individuals who refe...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate in scientific literature the more frequent work injuries among the occupational categories examined (construction workers, healthcare workers, night workers and shift work, drivers) and to identify occupational stressors that increase the risk of injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research was conducted through review of the scientific literature...

A survey of patients visiting the eye casualty clinic of the Leicester Royal Infirmary was conducted during a one-year period. Demographic and clinical data were collected for 6576 patients. Data were recorded by both medical and clerical personnel during each patient visit. In addition to reporting the main demographic variables in the study, the most common diagnoses and occupations were anal...

Incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in different employment categories was evaluated from the Swedish Cancer-Environment Registry, which links cancer incidence during 1961 to 1979 with occupational information from the 1960 census. New associations were found for men employed in shoemaking and shoe repair, porcelain and earthenware industries, education, and other white collar occupations. Seve...

Background: Haemorrhoid is often considered as one of the effects prolonged sitting especially on a surface with high temperature which mainly occur among lorry drivers who are exposed to this condition due engine located relatively under driver’s seat. This study aims assess prevalence haemorrhoids in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A cross sectional was done by using consecutive sampling. Respondents...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the transport of children in automobiles and the use of child restraints systems (CRS). METHODS This is a transversal descriptive study which included 200 vehicle drivers who carried 0-10 year old children in the city of São Luis, MA, Brazil. The drivers' passengers' and children's features were properly identified. The children's transportation using CRS were analyzed a...