Drugs use by truck drivers and risk behavior on road

Abstract

Justification and Objective: Verify the drugs use by truck drivers and the risk exposure and lifestyle on roads. Since the drugs are increasingly present among truck drivers, and since they are active in transit they need to realize that as a result of bad habits its mandatory not put at risk their health condition and prevent social complications. Method: This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study with 31 drivers of a dairy cooperative. It was applied a questionnaire with 34 questions related to risk exposure and traffic lifestyle and the ASSIST Test. Statistical analyzes were performed by Epi Info®. The significance level used was p