Knee Pain and Driving Duration: A Secondary Analysis of the Taxi Drivers' Health Study
Journal
American Journal of Public Health
Journal Volume
94
Journal Issue
4
Pages
575-581
Date Issued
2004
Author(s)
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We explored a postulated association between daily driving time and knee pain. METHODS: We used data from the Taxi Drivers' Health Study to estimate 1-year prevalence of knee pain as assessed by the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 1242 drivers, the prevalence of knee pain, stratified by duration of daily driving ( 6 through 8, > 8 through 10, and > 10 hours), was 11%, 17%, 19%, and 22%, respectively. Compared with driving 6 or fewer hours per day, the odds ratio of knee pain prevalence for driving more than 6 hours per day was 2.52 (95% confidence interval = 1.36, 4.65) after we adjusted for socioeconomic, work-related, and personal factors in the multiple logistic regression. CONCLUSIONS: The dose-related association between driving duration and knee pain raises concerns about work-related knee joint disorders among professional drivers.
Publisher
American Public Health Association Inc.
Type
journal article