State of Cognitive Functions in Able-Bodied Men Driving Motor Transport

Abstract

We have assessed cognitive functions in 103 able-bodied men (66 men were drivers; 37 men were in the control group, their profession was not connected with vibration). In each group, healthy patients and patients with arterial hypertension (AH) were separated. The cognitive functions were studied with use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA-test). Cognitive disorders were found in 45.5 % of the drivers and in 29.7 % of the men from the control group. A correlation between the level of the MoCA-test index and the profession of the drivers has been found. Statistically significant between-group differences in the state of delayed memory, attention, orientation, verbal fluency of the drivers and the control group (with the significance level of p < 0.05) have been found.