Prevalent pathologies affecting the health of truck drivers belonging to a Chilean company

Abstract

Introduction: The truckers of the company “Nortev Spa” are exposed daily to high-risk situations, because they are driving, they run the risk of affecting their health, since they may be involved in traffic accidents, putting their lives and lives at risk. of other people on the road causing injury and/or death to them. Indirectly your health is affected in other ways.

Objective: To determine prevalent pathologies affecting the health of truck drivers belonging to a Chilean company. 

Method: descriptive cross-sectional study, with a sample of 29 truck drivers. For data collection, the survey called “Prevalent pathologies that affect the work performance of carriers” was applied, validated in Argentina 2016. 

Results: Among the results, it is highlighted that 48.3% (14 workers) of the truck drivers suffer from back pain, followed by stress with 34.5% (10 workers) being more frequent in men 96.6% (28 wokers). 

Conclusions: It can be concluded that due to the long working hours, the health of most truckers is directly affected, presenting musculoskeletal discomfort, which could be related to their age and lifestyle habits.