Truck drivers' perceptions on wearable devices and health promotion: a qualitative study.
Truck drivers' perceptions on wearable devices and health promotion: a qualitative study.
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DOI：
10.1186/s12889-016-3323-3
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发表时间：
2016-07-30
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Wark PA
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作者：
Greenfield R;Busink E;Wong CP;Riboli-Sasco E;Greenfield G;Majeed A;Car J;Wark PA
专业卡车司机和其他轮班工人一样，已被确定为各种健康状况的高风险群体，包括心血管疾病、肥胖、糖尿病、睡眠呼吸暂停和压力。移动的健康技术有可能改善卡车司机等久坐不动的人的健康和福祉。然而，只有少数研究健康促进干预措施有关的移动的健康技术的卡车司机已经进行。我们旨在探讨职业卡车司机对通过可穿戴设备等移动的健康技术提供健康促进的看法。我们进行了一项现象学的定性研究，包括四个半结构化的焦点小组与34名全职专业卡车司机在英国。对重点小组进行了录音、逐字记录和专题内容分析。我们讨论了驾驶员对自己的健康、生活方式和工作环境的看法，以及他们过去的经验和对移动的健康技术的期望。参与者认为他们的生活方式是不健康的，并意识到可能的后果。他们表示需要并希望改变他们的生活方式，但认为这是他们占领的固有和不可避免的结果。目前的健康改善举措并不总是与他们的工作条件相一致。参与者普遍愿意使用可穿戴设备等移动的医疗技术，作为预防措施，以避免前景发病率，特别是心血管疾病。他们对隐私和雇主监控他们的临床数据的风险感到矛盾。可穿戴设备可以为改善卡车司机的健康和福祉提供新的可能性。司机们意识到他们不健康的生活方式。他们对改变生活方式和健康感兴趣。司机们对雇主不断监视他们表示关切。改善健康的举措应与卡车司机独特的工作条件相一致。未来的研究需要研究可穿戴设备对改善职业司机健康和福祉的影响。
Professional truck drivers, as other shift workers, have been identified as a high-risk group for various health conditions including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, sleep apnoea and stress. Mobile health technologies can potentially improve the health and wellbeing of people with a sedentary lifestyle such as truck drivers. Yet, only a few studies on health promotion interventions related to mobile health technologies for truck drivers have been conducted. We aimed to explore professional truck drivers’ views on health promotion delivered via mobile health technologies such as wearable devices. We conducted a phenomenological qualitative study, consisting of four semi-structured focus groups with 34 full-time professional truck drivers in the UK. The focus groups were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. We discussed drivers’ perceptions of their health, lifestyle and work environment, and their past experience and expectations from mobile health technologies. The participants viewed their lifestyle as unhealthy and were aware of possible consequences. They expressed the need and wish to change their lifestyle, yet perceived it as an inherent, unavoidable outcome of their occupation. Current health improvement initiatives were not always aligned with their working conditions. The participants were generally willing to use mobile health technologies such as wearable devices, as a preventive measure to avoid prospect morbidity, particularly cardiovascular diseases. They were ambivalent about privacy and the risk of their employer’s monitoring their clinical data. Wearable devices may offer new possibilities for improving the health and wellbeing of truck drivers. Drivers were aware of their unhealthy lifestyle. They were interested in changing their lifestyle and health. Drivers raised concerns regarding being continuously monitored by their employer. Health improvement initiatives should be aligned with the unique working conditions of truck drivers. Future research is needed to examine the impact of wearable devices on improving the health and wellbeing of professional drivers.