Raj Navien Arul, Usman Juliana, Goh Siew-Li, Lai Khin Wee, Khan Saad Jawaid
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre for Applied Biomechanics, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Iran J Public Health. 2025 Jul;54(7):1472-1481. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v54i7.19154.
Musculoskeletal problems among drivers sourced from severe traffic congestion have become a substantial public health issue. Prominent driving risk exposures were deemed to inflict symptoms such as discomfort and ache among drivers that subsequently contribute to fatigue. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between frequency and period of getting stuck during driving through stop-go motion towards the prevalence of musculoskeletal problems. Moreover, several combined effects of parameters were investigated towards the experience of knee pain among drivers.
This study adopted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey method. The survey conducted in 2021 was randomly sampled among 18-year-old and above Malaysian drivers with valid driving license and the survey conducted through social media via an online Google form. To analyse the association and outcomes of the survey, Chi-Square and Binary Logistic Regression tests were used respectively.
Overall, 320 drivers were recruited in this study. Data of 180 drivers who frequently stuck during peak hours in congestion was analysed with chi-square test that showed no significant relationship for both the driving exposure variables with the prevalence of knee pain during stop-go motion. Nevertheless, 92 (51.11%) drivers reported commonly experiencing knee pain symptoms from prolonged repetitive driving motion. The total sample of this study tested using regression analysis for combined effects of the parameters showed a significant (<0.05) correlation of the drivers' experience of knee pain while driving in heavy traffic.
Generally, there are combined variables that contributed towards the occurrence of knee pain during stop-go driving in this study.
严重交通拥堵导致的驾驶员肌肉骨骼问题已成为一个重大的公共卫生问题。突出的驾驶风险暴露被认为会使驾驶员出现不适和疼痛等症状，进而导致疲劳。本研究旨在调查在走走停停的驾驶过程中被困的频率和时长与肌肉骨骼问题患病率之间的关系。此外，还研究了几个参数的综合影响对驾驶员膝盖疼痛体验的作用。
本研究采用横断面问卷调查法。2021年进行的调查在18岁及以上持有有效驾驶执照的马来西亚驾驶员中随机抽样，通过社交媒体上的在线谷歌表单进行。为了分析调查的关联性和结果，分别使用了卡方检验和二元逻辑回归检验。
总体而言，本研究招募了320名驾驶员。对180名在高峰时段拥堵时经常被困的驾驶员的数据进行卡方检验分析，结果表明，在走走停停的驾驶过程中，这两个驾驶暴露变量与膝盖疼痛患病率均无显著关系。然而，92名（51.11%）驾驶员报告称，长时间重复驾驶动作会经常出现膝盖疼痛症状。本研究的总样本通过对参数综合影响的回归分析进行检验，结果显示，在交通拥堵时驾驶，驾驶员的膝盖疼痛体验存在显著（<0.05）相关性。
总体而言，本研究中有多个变量共同导致了走走停停驾驶过程中膝盖疼痛的发生。
