Time in Nature Associated with Decreased Fatigue in UK Truck Drivers
نویسندگان
چکیده
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driving is recognised as a highly hazardous occupation due to the long periods of sedentary behaviour, low levels physical activity and unhealthy food options when working. These risk factors combine with shift work concomitant irregular sleep patterns increase prevalence fatigue. Fatigue closely linked stress and, subsequently, poor physiological psychological health. In parallel, wealth evidence has demonstrated health wellbeing benefits spending time in nature. Here, we sought examine whether nature was associated lower fatigue, anxiety depression HGV drivers. 89 long-distance drivers (98.9% male, mean ± SD age: 51.0 9 years, body mass index: 29.8 4.7 kg/m2) participating wider promotion programme reported spent (during before Covid-19 pandemic) symptoms occupational anxiety. After controlling for covariates, truck who visited at least once week exhibited 16% less chronic fatigue prior pandemic, 23% 20% acute during pandemic. No significant differences were observed either or depression. As range mental sequelae, propose that increased exposure natural settings may make valuable contribution interventions promote this underserved group.
منابع مشابه
Indicators of fatigue in truck drivers.
This study examined physiological and psychological changes in one solo truck driver and both drivers in a two-up truck crew during several 5-6 day round-trips to the north west of Western Australia. Endocrine catecholamine levels, cardiac sinus arrhythmia and serial reaction performance all showed progressive changes over the journey. The solo driver showed greater changes on most measures tha...
متن کاملFatigue in Truck Accidents
Based on Coroners' verdicts, fatigue of car or truck drivers was a contributing factor in 9.1% of fatal accidents involving trucks. Based on the presence of factors such as extended driving hours, falling asleep at the wheel, comments about tiredness, driving right of centre and night-time driving, the authors estimated fatigue contributed to 19.9% of the accidents. There were approximately equ...
متن کاملPrevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Iranian Truck Drivers and Its Association with Road Accidents
Background: The association between the occurrence of road accidents and WMSD is a topic that has attracted much attention in the transportation industry. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in professional truck drivers and their impact on the occurrence of road accidents. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 200 professional truck drivers...
متن کاملWorking conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports.
BACKGROUND Trucks represent 6% of all vehicles, but truck crashes account for 20% of road deaths in Israel, even though travel distances are usually short (<200 km) and overnight travel is uncommon. OBJECTIVE To determine occupational and individual predictors of fatigue, falling asleep at the wheel, and involvement in crashes with injuries and deaths in truck drivers. SETTING AND METHODS W...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1661-7827', '1660-4601']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063158