Sleep, nutritional status and life habits of truckers
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2013.3.13000Keywords:
nutritional state, sleep, feeding behaviorAbstract
Objective: To evaluate the sleep period, the nutritional state and the lifestyle habits of truck drivers from Veranópolis/RS.
Materials and Methods: The study is cross-sectional, retrospective, with secondary data from a convenience sample of 100 truck drivers between 21 and 60 years old. Socio-demographic variables, lifestyle habits, history of chronic non-communicable disease (CNCD), use of sleeping medication or other treatment of health issues, questions about dietary and anthropometric parameters were studied. The data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics through the program SPSS with a significance level of 5%.
Results: The average age of truck drivers was 38.5±10.2 years old. Most of them sleep 6.0±1.4 hours/day, present overweight and obesity (82%) and risk for developing cardiovascular disease (69%). The sleep period was associated with total cholesterol and diabetes mellitus. The average number of meals eaten per day was 3.4±0.9, prevailing breakfast, lunch and dinner. Truck drivers who sleep the whole week at home usually have breakfast, lunch and dinner at their homes, while those who sleep 1-5 days away from home have lunch and dinner in restaurants. There was a significant association between age (p=0.044), alcohol consumption (p=0.020) and afternoon snack (p=0.013) with sleep after lunch, and between obesity and hypertension (p=0.035).
Conclusions: Overweight and obesity characterized the nutritional status of the truck drivers. The sleep was associated with CNCDs. The biggest part of the truck drivers has three daily meals, does not practice exercises and does not smoke, however, has the habit of drinking alcohol.
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