137 Clinical and occupational profile of professional drivers from a sample in Sćo Paulo, Brazil
分析了2009至2011年巴西圣保罗787名职业司机的临床与职业特征，发现10.4%的司机视力不达标，对职业健康评估有参考价值。
<h3>Objectives</h3> To identify the clinical and occupational profile of professional drivers, with emphasis on visual acuity, who participated in the “Comandos de Saúde” program performed at São Paulo, Brazil, from 2009 to 2011. <h3>Methods</h3> We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis using data collected from a sample of 787 drivers in eight different dates, from 2009 to 2011, from ‘Comandos de Saúde’ program of the Medicine School from São Paulo University. <h3>Results</h3> 99.8% of the drivers were men, 53.6% had the age between 18 and 45 years. Regarding education 58.1% have not finished high school and 2% had a college degree. In assessing visual acuity, 10.4% of drivers were unable under the minimum criteria established by law and 2.1% had abnormal vision for colours. <h3>Discussion</h3> The social profile and the findings related to visual acuity did not differ from the findings in other similar studies. It is known that visual acuity is one of the most important factors to driving safely, being an important issue to be addressed in occupational health evaluations from this workers. <h3>Conclusions</h3> It is very important to the occupational health professionals regularly assess the health of professional drivers, with emphasis on visual acuity, which is the most important factor for their safety.