摘要：The study discusses some health problems or health risks – obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, postural alterations, for instance – found in the work of truck drivers, considering aspects related to work organization. Data collection was carried out during the development of a health program focused on the health of truck drivers, sponsored by the Concessionary of the Anhanguera-Bandeirantes System – AutoBAn (a company of the CCR Group), along the Anhanguera and the Bandeirantes highways in the state of Sao Paulo. A closed questionnaire was used for the survey containing questions directed to the life style and work style of truck drivers, and to the way they interfered in their quality of life and their health. Blood pressure of the truckers was measured and other health parameters were analyzed, such as smoking, sedentarism, overweight and obesity, and hereditary factors for diseases. The results of the study show that to 53,39% of the truck drivers interviewed their work activity interferes in their physical health, whereas 43,89% indicated an impact on their mental health. There is also an evident influence of working time and irregular schedules on physical and psychological overcharge, and their mental and physical symptoms, such as relationship problems, loneliness, sleepiness, irritability, fatigue, and diminished reflex that can lead not only to chronic diseases but also acute diseases, among which, polytraumatisms caused by accidents in the highways.Keywords: Truck drivers. Unusual schedule. Work organization. Worker illness.↓O estudo aborda alguns problemas de saúde ou de riscos à saúde – obesidade, hipertensão, taxas alteradas de colesterol, diabetes, alterações posturais, por exemplo – encontrados no trabalho dos caminhoneiros, levando-se em consideração aspectos relacionados à organização do trabalho, tais como as longas jornadas de trabalho, com o consequente comprometimento da saúde. Os dados foram coletados durante o desenvolvimento de um programa voltado à saúde dos caminhoneiros, desenvolvido pela Concessionária do Sistema Anhanguera-Bandeirantes – AutoBAn (empresa do Grupo CCR) nas rodovias Anhanguera e Bandeirantes, no estado de São Paulo. Para a pesquisa, foi utilizado um questionário fechado com perguntas relativas ao estilo de vida e de trabalho dos caminhoneiros, às interferências quanto à sua qualidade de vida e à sua saúde. Os questionários foram respondidos por 5.544 caminhoneiros, o que perfez 41,45 % da amostragem dos que procuraram o posto do programa. Foi medida pressão arterial e analisados outros parâmetros como tabagismo, sedentarismo, sobrepeso e obesidade e fatores hereditários para doenças. Os resultados do estudo mostram que para 53,39 % dos caminhoneiros, a atividade que eles desenvolvem interfere na sua saúde física e para 43,89 % na saúde mental. Ficou evidente também influência entre a jornada de trabalho, constituída de horários irregulares, e a consequente sobrecarga física e psicológica, provocando sintomas e sinais físicos e mentais, tais como problemas de relacionamento, solidão, sonolência, irritabilidade, fadiga, reflexos diminuídos, que podem levar ao aparecimento tanto de doenças crônicas quanto de agudas, entre estas, os politraumatismos por acidentes nas rodovias.
其他摘要：The study discusses some health problems or health risks – obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, postural alterations, for instance – found in the work of truck drivers, considering aspects related to work organization. Data collection was carried out during the development of a health program focused on the health of truck drivers, sponsored by the Concessionary of the Anhanguera-Bandeirantes System – AutoBAn (a company of the CCR Group), along the Anhanguera and the Bandeirantes highways in the state of Sao Paulo. A closed questionnaire was used for the survey containing questions directed to the life style and work style of truck drivers, and to the way they interfered in their quality of life and their health. Blood pressure of the truckers was measured and other health parameters were analyzed, such as smoking, sedentarism, overweight and obesity, and hereditary factors for diseases. The results of the study show that to 53,39% of the truck drivers interviewed their work activity interferes in their physical health, whereas 43,89% indicated an impact on their mental health. There is also an evident influence of working time and irregular schedules on physical and psychological overcharge, and their mental and physical symptoms, such as relationship problems, loneliness, sleepiness, irritability, fatigue, and diminished reflex that can lead not only to chronic diseases but also acute diseases, among which, polytraumatisms caused by accidents in the highways. Keywords: Truck drivers. Unusual schedule. Work organization. Worker illness.
关键词：Caminhoneiros; Turnos não usuais; Organização do trabalho; Adoecimento no trabalho
