Repeated cross-sectional assessment of commercial truck driver health

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• Personal Author:
  Hanowski RJ ; Hegmann KT ; Kales SN ; Moffitt G ; Porter RJ ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  Objective: To assess relationships and trends over time in individual conditions and multiple conditions among a large sample of independent, nonoverlapping truck drivers using a repeated cross-sectional study design. Methods: Commercial driver medical examinations were conducted on 95,567 commercial drivers between January 1, 2005, and October 31, 2012. Specific medical conditions that have been identified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Medical Review Board as possibly increasing crash risk were examined. Prevalence and trends over time were analyzed. Results: A total of 8 of the 13 conditions significantly increased from 2005 to 2012. Prevalence of multiple concomitant conditions also increased, with prevalence odds ratios as high as 7.39 (95% confidence interval, 3.92 to 13.98) for four or more conditions in 2012 as compared with 2005. Conclusions: Individual and multiple conditions thought to be associated with increased crash risk significantly increased between 2005 and 2012. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Blood Body Weight Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Hematologic Diseases Morbidity Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Biological-effects Blood-sugar-disorders Body-weight Cardiac-function Cardiovascular-system-disorders Drivers Heart Hypertension Medical-examinations Medical-surveys Morbidity-rates Motor-vehicles Nervous-system-disorders Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Transportation-industry Truck-drivers Trucking Weight-factors Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046689
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep; 57(9):1022-1027
• Contact Point Address:
  Matthew S. Thiese, PhD, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environment Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Ste C, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
• Email:
  matt.thiese@hsc.utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f7e5cab76d6984785e92b140744486846ac75e80a809aca07dbdc18f09081f05beb8d22c0633d8933a8cb9883ca1f9bcedb073c1b9610b50ab4174dc2ed34ec6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202040/cdc_202040_DS1.pdf
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