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This study aimed to evaluate long-haul truck drivers\u2019 perceptions of food services, safety, physical activity, rest, and personal hygiene offered at truck stops and rest areas, as well as the correlation between these perceptions and sociodemographic, health, and work conditions variables. A cross-sectional, quantitative, and descriptive study was conducted with long-haul truck drivers from the southern region of Brazil. For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and a Likert scale on food, rest, personal hygiene, safety, and physical activity services offered at truck stops and rest areas along Brazilian roads from March to August 2023 were used. The data were analyzed with simple frequency descriptive statistics. The sample consisted of 175 long-haul truck drivers. Out of these, 70.29% declared that the services of the truck stops and rest areas were charged; more than half (53.59%) of the professionals evaluated the rest service as \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cexcellent\u201d; the food services were \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cexcellent\u201d for 42.24% of the drivers. The spaces for physical activities were the worst evaluated as \u201cbad\u201d or \u201cterrible\u201d by 41.61%, followed by bathroom services (28.42%) and safety (34.24%). Rest and feeding services had better evaluations, while the services of bathroom, safety, and physical activity presented worse evaluations. Variables such as nationality, weekly working days, and marital status presented positive significance and influenced drivers\u2019 perceptions of the services offered at truck stops and rest areas. Drivers who were Brazilian and worked more than five days a week negatively evaluated the services of rest (p = 0.018), safety [0.020], physical activity (0.003), and bathrooms (0.020). In addition, the physical activity services were better evaluated by single drivers than married drivers. These findings suggest that the work conditions and nationality may influence LHTDs\u2019 perceptions of services and structures of truck stops and rest areas. These findings may reflect a lack of investments and support efforts to improve basic services such as personal hygiene, a safe environment, and physical exercises, which are fundamental to the health of the workers and aimed at reducing vulnerability and a sedentary lifestyle and meeting the basic human needs of LHTDs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph21091251","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,23]],"date-time":"2024-09-23T03:36:38Z","timestamp":1727062598000},"page":"1251","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Long-Haul Truck Drivers\u2019 Perceptions of Truck Stops and Rest Areas: Focusing on Health and Wellness"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1677-6140","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernanda","family":"Lise","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96077-170, RS, Brazil"},{"name":"College of Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3169-061X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mona","family":"Shattell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raquel P\u00f6tter","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human Sciences Institute, Department of Anthropology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96010-610, RS, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kethelyn Costa","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96077-170, RS, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wilson Teixeira","family":"de \u00c1vila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96077-170, RS, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fl\u00e1via Lise","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Pampa, Uruguaiana 96413-170, RS, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5823-7858","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eda","family":"Schwartz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas 96077-170, RS, Brazil"},{"name":"College of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande 90040-060, RS, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"561","DOI":"10.3109\/01612840.2010.488783","article-title":"Occupational stressors and the mental health of truckers","volume":"31","author":"Shattell","year":"2010","journal-title":"Issues Ment. 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