A look through Latin America truck drivers' health, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Heavy truck drivers represent a social group of great importance to any country's economy. Their professional activity requires a high level of dedication. Due to the irregular hours in their work routine and adopted habits, they mostly predispose them to a diversity of health problems. The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis aiming to identify the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity in Latin American Truck Drivers. We searched the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and LILACS databases, for scientific publications articles, as reported by The PRISMA Statement. From 1,382, 7 studies were included according to the established criteria. The hypertension prevalence found was 34.2%, diabetes was of 9.2% and the highest prevalence found was for ov

SUBMITTER: Zamparoni Victorino SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809045 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature