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The Impact of a Novel Structured Health Intervention for Truckers (SHIFT) on Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic
Veronica Varela Mato1, Nick Caddick, James A King
1School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK (Dr Varela Mato, Dr King, Dr Stensel, Dr Clemes); NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Centre, Loughborough, UK (Dr Varela Mato, Dr King, Dr Edwardson, Dr Yates, Dr Stensel, Dr Clemes); Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK (Dr Caddick); Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK (Ms Johnson, Dr Edwardson, Dr Yates); Reach Health Ltd, Leicester, UK (Dr Daly); College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (Dr Nimmo).
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of implementing a lifestyle health behavior intervention on cardiovascular risk markers in a sample of lorry drivers.
Methods:
Fifty-seven males participated in the pre-post evaluation of a multicomponent 12-week intervention.
Results:
Favorable changes in several cardiovascular health indicators were observed, including fasting blood glucose (-0.6 mmol/L), LDL-Cholesterol (-0.7 mmol/L), total cholesterol (-0.7 mmol/L), waist-hip ratio (-0.10), and waist circumference (-2.5 cm) (P < 0.01). The proportion of participants with a more than 10% risk of a cardiovascular event in the next 10 years was reduced by 12% (P < 0.05). A 21%, 12%, and 7.5% reduction in drivers with pre-diabetes (P < 0.001), undiagnosed diabetes (P < 0.05), and the metabolic syndrome (P < 0.05), respectively, was observed.
Conclusion:
This study highlights the feasibility of implementing a multicomponent health intervention within the transport setting and provides preliminary evidence of its beneficial effects on some markers of health.
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