Working nights and lower leisure-time physical activity associate with chronic pain in Southern African long-distance truck drivers: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Wadley AL; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Iacovides S; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Roche J; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Scheuermaier K; Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Venter WDF; Ezintsha, A Sub-Division of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Vos AG; Ezintsha, A Sub-Division of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Lalla-Edward ST; Ezintsha, A Sub-Division of Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2020 Dec 03; Vol. 15 (12), pp. e0243366. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 03 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243366
Abstrakt: Background: In South Africa, the trucking industry employs over 70,000 people and the prevalence of chronic pain in this occupational group was reported at 10%. We investigated factors associated with chronic pain in truck drivers including mental health, physical activity, and sleep, as no study has done so.
Methods: Southern African male, long-distance truck drivers were recruited at truck stops in Gauteng and Free State Provinces, South Africa (n = 614). Chronic pain was defined as pain present for at least the last three months. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, post-traumatic stress disorder with the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), exposure to traumatic events with the Life Events Checklist-5 (LEC-5) and daytime sleepiness with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep quality was measured on a four-point Likert scale. Leisure-time physical activity was measured using the Godin-Shephard leisure-time physical activity questionnaire. Associations between these factors, demographic factors and chronic pain were investigated.
Results: Multivariate analysis showed that working ≥ 2 nights/week (OR = 2.68, 95% CI = 1.55-4.68) was associated with chronic pain and physical activity was protective (OR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.95-0.98). In an exploratory analysis, greater depressive symptoms (p = 0.004), daytime sleepiness (p = 0.01) and worse sleep quality (p = 0.001) was associated with working ≥ 2 nights/week. Lower leisure-time physical activity was associated with worse sleep quality (p = 0.006), but not daytime sleepiness or depressive symptoms (p>0.05).
Conclusions: There is a clear relationship between working nights and activity levels, and chronic pain, sleep quality, and depression in truck drivers.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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