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<blockquote data-quote="35years" data-source="post: 2141903" data-attributes="member: 60822"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>University of Ill study...</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Our job is in the top 9% most stressful</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9028437" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9028437</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Stress among package truck drivers.</strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Orris%20P%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Orris P</a>1, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hartman%20DE%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Hartman DE</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Strauss%20P%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Strauss P</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Anderson%20RJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Anderson RJ</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Collins%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Collins J</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Knopp%20C%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Knopp C</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Xu%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Xu Y</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Melius%20J%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9028437" target="_blank">Melius J</a>.</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9028437#" target="_blank">Author information</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></p><p>In 1992, a cross-sectional questionnaire study of package truck drivers in one company was conducted at four widely scattered sites throughout the US; 317 drivers participated, representing 82% of those eligible. The package truck drivers scored significantly above the US working population comparison norm on all summary and individual scales derived from the SCL 90-R, indicating a substantial increase in psychologic distress for this group. The Global Severity Index, the best single summary measure of psychological distress in the SCL 90-R, revealed a mean T score for the drivers of 64.20, <strong>91st percentile</strong> of the normative population. The group perceived significantly more daily stressful events than the average working adult, and their sensitivity to these events was also increased. Role overload, a component of the Occupational Stress Inventory, was the most consistent factor associated with symptoms of psychological distress on multiple regression analysis. This study suggests that job stress is a psychological health hazard for these drivers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
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