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Table 3 Health profile of survey respondents

From: The physical and mental health of Australian truck drivers: a national cross-sectional study

 

Whole cohort

N = 1390

Long-haul

N = 549 (39.5%)

Short-haul

N = 837 (60.2%)

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

Χ2 (df)

p

Body Mass Index

 Under or normal weight

252

18.1%

79

14.8%

173

21.1%

19.8 (2)

< 0.001

 Overweight

350

25.2%

119

22.2%

229

28.0%

  

 Obese

755

54.3%

337

63.0%

416

50.9%

  

 BMI- mean (SD)

31.95 (6.99)

33.10 (7.47)

31.19 (6.56)

  

Number of diagnosed health conditions

 No conditions

346

24.9%

133

24.7%

212

25.7%

0.7 (3)

0.885

 1 condition

364

26.2%

139

25.8%

222

26.9%

  

 2 conditions

248

17.8%

102

18.9%

146

17.7%

  

  ≥ 3 conditions

410

29.5%

165

30.6%

245

29.7%

  

 Mean (SD)

1.85 (1.85)

1.86 (1.87)

1.85 (1.85)

  

Psychological distress

 None or low

695

50.0%

296

53.9%

397

47.4%

8.8 (2)

0.012

 Moderate

510

36.7%

196

35.7%

313

37.4%

  

 Severe

185

13.3%

57

10.4%

127

15.2%

  

General Health

 Very good/Excellent

437

31.4%

169

30.8%

268

32.0%

0.3 (2)

0.851

 Good

538

38.7%

212

38.6%

323

38.6%

  

 Poor/Fair

415

29.9%

168

30.6%

246

29.4%

  

Pain - intensity

 None

523

37.6%

198

36.1%

324

38.7%

4.9 (3)

0.183

 Mild

321

23.1%

116

21.1%

203

24.3%

  

 Moderate

398

28.6%

172

31.3%

225

26.9%

  

 Severe

148

10.6%

63

11.5%

85

10.2%

  

Pain – duration

  < 3 months

245

17.6%

80

14.7%

164

19.7%

12.3 (2)

0.006

 3–12 months

131

9.4%

50

9.2%

81

9.7%

  

  > 12 months

482

34.7%

218

40.0%

262

31.5%

  

Work ability

 Poor

200

14.4%

85

15.5%

115

13.7%

3.4 (3)

0.334

 Moderate

232

16.7%

82

14.9%

148

17.7%

  

 Good

565

40.6%

217

39.5%

346

41.3%

  

 Excellent

393

28.3%

165

30.1%

228

27.2%

  

 Health related quality of life

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

t

p

 – utility score -

0.83

0.16

0.83

0.17

0.84

0.16

0.7

0.7

 EQ-VAS scale score

72.2

19.8

72

20.5

72.4

19.4

0.4

0.209