INTRODUCTION: Mass transit workers labour activities involving large number of risk factors for musculoskeletal and performing different, knowledge of them is essential in order to have a good quality of life of these workers. Objectives: To check the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in urban bus drivers and investigate factors associated with. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study, with 55 drivers of a company of a city in the State of São Paulo, with the use of multidimensional questionnaire composed of demographic variables, occupational and lifestyle habits, as well as the index of ability to work, the Job Content Questionnaire and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptoms Questionnaire. RESULTS: Descriptive analysis was performed, multivariate and bivariate by binary logistic regression. It was found that 65.7 workers reported some form of musculoskeletal symptoms in the last twelve months, located above the lumbar region (17.0), and shoulders and knees (13.3). There was association between symptoms and the low level of education, the high demand, the sedentary and the low level of ability to work. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in drivers is high, requiring health promotion actions.
Occupational health; Musculoskeletal pain; Risk factors; Work
