Publications by authors named "A M Crizzle"
Importance: Clinical tests that identify fit and unfit drivers with 100% sensitivity and specificity would reduce uncertainty and improve efficiency of occupational therapists performing comprehensive driving evaluations (CDEs).
Objective: To examine whether serial trichotomization of clinical tests predicts pass-fail outcomes with 100% sensitivity and specificity in a sample of medically at-risk drivers and in drivers with and without cognitive impairment (CI) referred for a CDE.
Design: Retrospective data collection and analysis of scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Trail Making Test, Part A and Part B; and the Useful Field of View® Subtests 1 to 3 and outcomes on the CDE (pass-fail or indeterminate requiring lessons and retesting).
Background: This study examined and compared risk factors and health conditions of truck drivers compared with the general Canadian population.
Methods: This study used the Canadian Community Health Survey consisting of 991 male truck drivers and 29,958 male respondents of the general population.
Results: Compared with the general population, truck drivers were older, less educated, had lower incomes, worked more hours, and were more likely to be widowed/separated/divorced.
Introduction: This study examined and compared the association between body mass index (BMI) and BMI with waist circumference (WC) on lifestyle measure and health outcomes in Canadian long-haul truck drivers (LHTDs).
Methods: Two hundred LHTDs completed a survey on diet and physical activity, and participated in objective measures of height, weight, WC, and blood pressure.
Results: More than half of the sample was classified as obese (57%).
Article Synopsis
- Work organization impacts occupational stress, which in turn affects worker mental health and well-being, highlighting the need for further study and action in this area.
- The commentary uses long-haul truck drivers as a case study to review existing research on the links between work organization, stress, and mental health, as well as current intervention strategies.
- It proposes a dual agenda to enhance research and preventive measures for protecting worker well-being in the modern workforce.
Vaccine hesitancy is a barrier to improving childhood vaccination rates in Canada, but the scope of this problem is unclear due to inconsistent measurement of vaccine uptake indicators. Using 2017 data from a Canadian national vaccine coverage survey, this study analyzed the impact of demographics and parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (KAB) on vaccine decisions (refusal, delay and reluctance) in parents of 2-year-old children who had received at least one vaccine. The findings show that 16.
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