The Investigation of Health for Heavy Haul Truck Drivers

• Main Authors: Yi-Yu Chen, 陳怡佑
• Other Authors: Miin Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89808358643618605793

碩士 === 大仁科技大學 === 環境管理研究所 === 93 === The study was using a structured questionnaire, which including personal basic data, working conditions, health status and health behavior, to survey the musculoskeletal disorders among heavy haul truck drivers who had full more than one year work experience in Southern area of Taiwan. There were 109 valid questionnaires from five companies to be collected. Results showed that the mean age were 40.0 years old, with corresponding mean working year of 9.1 years. The average driving hours were 52.0 hours per week. The prevalent rate of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders of drivers reached 84.4% in the last year, among them there were the highest with 55.0% of the neck , secondly for the low back and waist(34.9%), left shoulder(31.2%) and right shoulder(27.5%). The characteristics of musculoskeletal disorders were low in uncomfortable degree, short in duration time and no effective in work and life. Most of treatments of musculoskeletal pain were the massage and naprapathy by oneself. The main ergonomic factor for musculoskeletal disorders was long-time sitting. In univariance correlation analyses of various risk factor, the results showed that no matter how long driving time, the neck pain was most significant than other body parts. The regular sport was a very important factor in decreasing discomforts of musculoskeletal at various body parts. Results from multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age, working years and sport were the most important factors corresponding to low back, waist pain.