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The Effect of Working Conditions to the Health Status in Taxiand Bus Drivers in Çanakkale Turkey Community Based Study  
Yazarlar
Ayşegül Uludağ
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sibel Cevizci
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Murat Tekin
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yusuf Haydar Ertekin
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sezgin Sevim
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ülken Tunga BABAOĞLU
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Coşkun Bakar
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Aim: The growing taxi and bus driver workforce is at risk for poor health status, obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and with increased risk for cardiovascular disease. We aimed to determine the relationship between working conditions and health status in taxi and bus drivers. Material and Method: This study is a descriptive study. The population of the study was taxi and bus drivers in central of Canakkale. There were total 250 taxi and bus drivers who registered in The Chamber of Canakkale Drivers and Vehicle. We reached the 70 taxi drivers and 93 bus drivers. The participants were visited at their workplace. We performed the questionnaire that include the socio-demografic features, habits, the working conditions. We evaluated the blood pressure, waist-hip measurements and capillary blood glucose at any time. Results: Total of the 163 men drivers were enrolled the study. Nine (12.9%) taxi drivers and 6 (6.5%) bus drivers were hipertensive, and 1 taxi driver and 2 bus drivers with random capillary blood glucose levels higher than 200 mg. The prevalence of hypertension was 9.2%, diabetes mellitus was 1.8, obesity was 49.4%. Discussion: Drivers have many risk factors for CVD like stress and immobility. In our study, the socio-demografic and working conditions are limited for explaining the risk for hipertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity in drivers in Canakkale. These study have to be done in metropolitan cities. In this aspect, the drivers can be evaluated in their own living spaces and working conditions.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Drivers, Working Conditions, Health Status
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı journal of clinical and Analytical Medicine
Dergi ISSN 1309-0720
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler E-SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2015
Cilt No 6
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 835 / 838
Doi Numarası 10.4328/JCAM.3796
Makale Linki http://www.jcam.com.tr/index.php?pg=kitap_detay&issue_id=157