Associations Between Musculoskeletal Conditions Risk, Sedentary Behavior, Sleep, and Markers of Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Musculoskeletal Conditions Risk in HGV Drivers.

James King, Veronica Varela-Mato, Stacy A Clemes, Fehmidah Munir

Journal: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2020;61(5):437-443

PMID: 30889056

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To explore the risk of having musculoskeletal conditions (MSKs) associated with sitting and sleeping time during workdays, presenteeism, work engagement anxiety, and depression in a sample of UK heavy goods vehicle drivers.

METHODS

Eighty-eight male drivers participated in this cross-sectional study. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the associations between two-or-more MSKs and common health risk factors.

RESULTS

Possessing two or more MSKs is associated with prolonged sitting time (odds ratio [OR] 4.34) and working hours per day (OR 3.10) and per week (OR 3.12), severe sleep deprivation (OR 33.19), presenteeism (OR 4.22), and borderline or abnormal scores of depression (OR 11.69) and anxiety (OR 4.44), compared with the reference categories.

CONCLUSION

Workplace policies and health promotion interventions to improve heavy goods vehicle drivers working environment are required to minimize the risk of MSK's across this sector.

Address: School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough (Dr Varela-Mato, Dr Clemes, Dr King, Dr Munir); National Institute of Health Research Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Centre (Dr Varela-Mato, Dr Clemes, Dr King, Dr Munir), United Kingdom.

DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001587

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MeSH Terms: Adult, Automobile Driving, Cross-Sectional Studies, England, Health Surveys, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Motor Vehicles, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Occupational Health, Risk Assessment, Sedentary Behavior, Sleep