Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Profile of Bus Drivers in Rural Maharashtra: An Exploratory Comparative Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: For effective control of non-communicable disease (NCD) focus on high-risk group is econom-ic but identification of such groups and their specific risks is important. Literature from high income coun-tries suggests bus-driver is one such group but specific risk factors might be different for developing coun-tries. Understanding these risks will be helpful to plan preventive inter-ventions for NCDs. Method: it was an exploratory comparative study 178 drivers and 184 non-drivers from same state transport deport in rural area and a self-filled questionnaire was tool for data collection. Results: prevalence of tobacco use was significantly higher among bus drivers (79.8%) compared to non-drivers (46.7%) and drivers were chewing tobacco for longer duration and also seem to be more addicted. Only 19.7% of drivers do any type of regular exercise whereas 41.3% of non-drivers do it. There was no sig-nificant difference in self-reported alcohol consumption in terms of quantity or frequency. Conclusion: Some risk factors like tobacco use, night-shifts and lack of exercise are higher among drivers. Public transport drivers can be tar-get for group interventions for to-bacco deaddiction and NCD control due to organized nature of this group.
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Abhijeet Jadhav
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