Factors associated with psychological distress among Australian truck drivers: The role of personal, occupation, work, lifestyle, and health risk factors

<p dir="ltr">In Australia, truck driving is the most common occupation among men, with approximately 200,000 truck drivers nationwide (<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524002196?via=ihub#bib2" target="_blank">Austraian Bureau of Statistics, 2017</a>). The transport industry, particularly truck driving, poses several health risks, such as isolation and a sedentary lifestyle, and has high rates of work-related injuries and illnesses, resulting in significant health impacts, disabilities, and economic costs (<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524002196?via=ihub#bib1" target="_blank">Apostolopoulos et al., 2016</a>; <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524002196?via=ihub#bib16" target="_blank">Lee et al., 2023</a>). Our previous studies indicate that chronic health conditions, rather than acute injuries from vehicle incidents and crashes, contribute most significantly to disability among truck drivers.</p>