Perpustakaan Digital ITB

To investigate the relationship between the time working as a truck driver and the report of involve-ment in traffic accidents or near-miss accidents.Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with truck drivers transporting products from theBrazilian grain harvest to the Port of Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil. The drivers were interviewed regardingsociodemographic characteristics, working conditions, behavior in traffic and involvement in accidentsor near-miss accidents in the previous 12 months. Subsequently, the participants answered a self-appliedquestionnaire on substance use. The time of professional experience as drivers was categorized in tertiles.Statistical analyses were performed through the construction of models adjusted by multinomial regres-sion to assess the relationship between the length of experience as a truck driver and the involvement inaccidents or near-miss accidents.Results: This study included 665 male drivers with an average age of 42.2 (±11.1) years. Among them,7.2% and 41.7% of the drivers reported involvement in accidents and near-miss accidents, respectively. Infully adjusted analysis, the 3rd tertile of professional experience (>22 years) was shown to be inverselyassociated with involvement in accidents (odds ratio [OR] 0.29; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.16-0.52)and near-miss accidents (OR 0.17; 95% CI 0.05-0.53). The 2nd tertile of professional experience (11–22years) was inversely associated with involvement in accidents (OR 0.63; 95% CI 0.40-0.98).Conclusions: An evident relationship was observed between longer professional experience and a reduc-tion in reporting involvement in accidents and near-miss accidents, regardless of age, substance use,working conditions and behavior in traffic.