Common mental disorders in public transportation drivers in Lima, Peru

Vega Dienstmaier, Johann Martín; Krüger Malpartida, Hever Carlos; Ramos, Mariana; Samalvides Cuba, Frine; Ruiz-Grosso, Paulo

dc.contributor.author	Ruiz-Grosso, Paulo
dc.contributor.author	Ramos, Mariana
dc.contributor.author	Samalvides Cuba, Frine
dc.contributor.author	Vega Dienstmaier, Johann Martín
dc.contributor.author	Krüger Malpartida, Hever Carlos
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-10T18:12:19Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-10T18:12:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8107
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Traffic related injuries are leading contributors to burden of disease worldwide. In developing countries a high proportion of them can be attributed to public transportation vehicles. Several mental disorders including alcohol and drug abuse, psychotic disorders, mental stress, productivity pressure, and low monetary income were found predictors of high rates of traffic related injuries in public transportation drivers. The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders in the population of public transportation drivers of buses and rickshaws in Lima, Peru. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Cross sectional study. A sample of bus and rickshaw drivers was systematically selected from formal public transportation companies using a snowball approach. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires for assessing major depressive episode, anxiety symptoms, alcohol abuse, and burnout syndrome. Socio demographic information was also collected. The analyses consisted of descriptive measurement of outcomes taking into account both between and within cluster standard deviation (BCSD and WCSD). A total of 278 bus and 227 rickshaw drivers out of 25 companies agreed to participate in the study. BCSD for major depressive episode, anxiety symptoms and burnout syndrome was not found significant (p>0.05). The estimated prevalence of each variable was 13.7% (IC95%: 10.7-16.6%), 24.1% (IC95%: 19.4-28.8%) and 14.1% (IC95%: 10.8-17.4%) respectively. The estimated prevalence of alcohol abuse was 75.4% (IC95%: 69-81.7%, BCSD = 12.2%, WCSD = 41.9%, intra class correlation (ICC): 7.8%). CONCLUSION: Common mental disorders such as alcohol abuse, major depressive episode, anxiety symptoms and burnout syndrome presented higher rates in public transportation drivers than general population.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries	PLoS ONE
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Adult	en_US
dc.subject	Automobile Driving/psychology/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Demography	en_US
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Male	en_US
dc.subject	Mental Disorders/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Transportation/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Work	en_US
dc.subject	Workforce	en_US
dc.title	Common mental disorders in public transportation drivers in Lima, Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101066
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00
dc.relation.issn	1932-6203