Trucking organization and mental health disorders of truck drivers

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Shattell, Mona ^a   Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^b   Collins, Chad ^b   Sönmez, Sevil ^c   Fehrenbacher, Caitlin ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84863599132     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.665156     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Anderson, D. G.,&Riley, P. (2008).Determining standards of care for substance abuse and alcohol use in long-haul truck drivers. Nursing Clinics of North America, 43(3), 357-365.
2. Apostolopoulos, Y., & S̈onmez, S. (2004). Truckers and Community Health Project-Long-haul trucker interview guide. Unpublished manuscript, Mobility and Population Health Unit, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
3. Apostolopoulos, Y., & S̈onmez, S. (2010). Healthy Trucker Survey: Assessing truck drivers' health and access to health care (v.1). Unpublished manuscript, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina.
4. Apostolopoulos, Y., Sonmez, S., Shattell, M., & Kronenfeld, J. (in press). Sex work in trucking mileux: 'lot lizards', truckers, and risk. Nursing Forum.
5. Apostolopoulos, Y., S̈onmez, S., Shattell, M., & Belzer, M. (2010). Worksiteinduced morbidities among truck drivers in the United States. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 58(7), 285-296.
6. Apostolopoulos, Y., Sonmez, S., & Massengale, K. (under review, AIDS Care). Sexual mixing, drug exchanges, and disease risk among truckers in North America.
7. Atlantis, E., Lange, K., Goldney, R., Martin, S., Haren, M., Taylor, A., & Wittert, G. (2011). Specific medical conditions associated with clinically significant depressive symptoms in men. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(12), 1303-1312. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0302-3
8. Barbui, C., & Percudani, M. (2006). Epidemiological impact of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs on the general population. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 19(4), 405-410. (Pubitemid 44317868)
9. Bjerkeset, O., Romundstad, P., Evans, J., & Gunnell, D. (2008). Association of adult body mass index and height with anxiety, depression, and suicide in the general population: The HUNT study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(2), 193-202.
10. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2009a). Occupational employment statistics. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes nat.htm#top
11. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2009b). Current population survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor.
12. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2010-2011). Occupational outlook handbook. Truck drivers and driver/sales workers.Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos246.htm
13. Caban, A. J., Lee, D. J., Fleming, L. E., Gomez-Marin, O., LeBlanc, W., & Pitman, T. (2005). Obesity in US workers: The National Health Interview Survey, 1986 to 2002. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 1614-1622. (Pubitemid 41232956)
14. Davey, J., Richards, N., & Freeman, J. (2007). Fatigue and beyond: Patterns of and motivations for illicit drug use among long-haul truck drivers. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8, 253-259.
15. De Croon, E. M., Sluiter, J. K., Blonk, R. W. B., Broersen, J. P. J., & Frings-Dresen, M. H. W. (2004). Stressful work, psychological job strain, and turnover: A 2-year prospective cohort study of truck drivers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(3), 442-454. (Pubitemid 38782936)
16. del Rio, M. C., Gomez, J., Sancho, M., & Alvarez, F. J. (2002). Alcohol, illicit drugs and medicinal drugs in fatally injured drivers in Spain between 1991 and 2000. Forensic Science International, 127(1/2), 63-70. (Pubitemid 34722761)
17. Dragano, N., He, Y., Moebus, S., J̈ockel, K. H., Erbel, R., & Siegrist, J. for the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. (2008). Two models of job stress and depressive symptoms: Results from a population-based study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 72-78.
18. Drummer, O. H., Gerostamoulos, J., Batziris, H., Chu, M., & Capelhorn, J., Robertson, M. D., & Swann, P. (2004). The involvement of drugs in drivers of motor vehicles killed in Australian road cases. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 36(2), 239-248.
19. Ekkekakis, P., Hall, E. E., VanLanduyt, L. M., & Petruzzello, S. J. (2000). Walking in (affective) circles: Can short walks enhance affect? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23(3), 245-275. (Pubitemid 30390173)
20. Godin, I., Kornitzer, M., Clumeck, N., Linkowski, P., Valente, F., & Kittel, F. (2009). Gender specificity in the prediction of clinically diagnosed depression. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(7), 592-600.
21. Goldney, R., Dunn, K., Air, T., Dal Grande, E., & Taylor, A. (2009). Relationships between body mass index, mental health, and suicidal ideation: population perspective using two methods. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(7), 652-658. doi:10.1080/00048670902970825
22. Grav, S., Hellz̀en, O., Romild, U., & Stordal, E. (2012). Association between social support and depression in the general population: The HUNT study, a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(1/2), 111-120. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03868.x
23. Heaton, K. (2005). Truck drivers hours of service regulations: The collision of policy and public health. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 6, 277-284. doi:10.1177/1527154405282841.
24. Heaton, K.,&Anderson, D. (2007).Apsychometric analysis of Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 15(3), 177-188.
25. Kessler, R. C., Chiu, W. T., Demler, O., Merikangas, K. R., & Walters, E. E. (2005). Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 617-627. (Pubitemid 40973437)
26. Layne, D. M., Rogers, B., & Randolph, S. A. (2009). Health and gender comparisons in the long-haul trucking industry. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 57(10), 405-413.
27. Lichtenstein, B., Hook, E.W.,Grimley,D.M., St. Lawrence, J. S.,&Bachmann, L. H. (2008). HIV risk among long-haul truckers in the USA. Culture, Health, & Sexuality, 10(1), 43-56. (Pubitemid 350187096)
28. Martin, B., Church, T., Bonnell, R., Ben-Joseph, R.,&Borgstadt, T. (2009). The impact of overweight and obesity on the direct medical costs of truck drivers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 51(2), 180-184.
29. Maxwell, J. C.,&Rutkowski, B. A. (2008). The prevalence of methamphetamine and amphetamine abuse in North America: A review of the indicators, 1992-2007. Drug and Alcohol Review, 27, 229-235.
30. Moreno, C. R. Louzada, F. M., Teixeira, L. R., Borges, F., & Lorenzi-Filho, G. (2006). Short sleep is associated with obesity among truck drivers Chronobiology International, 23(6), 1295-1303. (Pubitemid 46033074)
31. Nunes de Pinho, R. S., Pereira da Silva-J́unior, F., Bastos, J. P. C., Maia, W. S., T́ulio de Mello, M., Sales de Bruin, V. M., & Carvalhedo de Bruin, P. F. (2006). Hypersomnolence and accidents in truck drivers: A cross-sectional study. Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, 23(5), 963-971.
32. Pereira da Silva-J́unior, F., Nunes de Pinho, R. S., T́ulio de Mello, M., Sales de Bruin, V. M., & Carvalhedo de Bruin, P. F. C. (2009). Risk factors for depression in truck drivers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44, 125-129.
33. Quest Diagnostics. (2007). Amphetamines use declined significantly among US workers in 2005, according to Quest Diagnostics' drug testing. Retrieved from http://www.questdiagnostics.com/employersolutions/2007 03/dti.pdf
34. Quinlan M. (2010, November 8-10). Organizational influences of truck-driver health: Reviewing the evidence. International Conference on Commercial Driver Health and Wellness, Transportation Research Board and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Baltimore, MD.
35. Sabbagh-Ehrlich, S., Friedman, L.,&Richter, E. D. (2005).Working conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports. Injury Prevention, 11, 11-14.
36. Saltzman, G. M., & Belzer, M. H. (2007). Truck driver occupational safety and health: 2003 Conference report and selective literature review (DHHS [NIOSH] publication 2007-120). Retrieved from Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-120/pdfs/2007-120.pdf
37. Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Babor, T. F., De La Fuente, J. R., & Grant, M. (1993). Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption-II. Addiction, 88(6), 791-804. (Pubitemid 23194530)
38. Shattell, M. M., Apostolopoulos, Y., S̈onmez, S., & Griffin, M. (2010). Occupational stressors and the mental health of truckers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31, 561-568.
39. Silva, O. A., Greve, J. M. D., Yonamine, M., & Leyton, V. (2003) Drug use by truck drivers in Brazil. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 10 (2), 135-139. (Pubitemid 36649987)
40. Solomon, A. J., Doucette, J. T., Garland, E., & McGinn, T. (2004). Healthcare and the long haul: Long distance truck drivers-a medically underserved population. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 46(5), 463-471. (Pubitemid 39507659)
41. Starcevic, V. (2006). Review: Worldwide lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders is 16.6%, with considerable heterogeneity between studies. Evidence Based Mental Health, 9(4), 115.
42. Stratford, D., Ellerbrock, T. V., & Chamblee, S. (2007). Social organization of sexual-economic networks and the persistence of HIV in rural area in the USA. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 9(2), 121-135. (Pubitemid 46359060)
43. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2011). Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of national findings NSDUH Series H-41, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 11-4658. Rockville, MD: Author.
44. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of 1999. (2010). 49. U.S.C. § 395. Hours of service regulations. Retrieved from http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/ hos/index.htm
45. Wang, J., Schmitz, N., & Dewa, C. (2010). Socioeconomic status and the risk of major depression: The Canadian National Population Health Survey. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 64(5), 447-452.
46. Wong, W. C. W., Tam, S. M., & Leung, P. W. S. (2007). Cross-border truck drivers in Hong Kong: Their psychological health, sexual dysfunctions and sexual risk behaviors. Journal of Travel Medicine, 14, 20-30. (Pubitemid 46114983)
47. Wood, E. M., Hegman, K. T., Murtaugh, M., & Thiese, M. S. (2007). Lifestyle risk factors in commercial drivers. University of Utah, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (research presentation).
48. Work Outcome Research Cost-Benefit (WORC) Project-Valuing Healthy Employees (2001). Health Appraisal Survey. Brisbane, Australia, University of Queensland.
49. Work Outcome Research Cost-Benefit (WORC) Project (2008). Health Survey of the NSW Transport Industry. Wacol, Australia, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.