TITLE:
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among Professional Truck Drivers in the City of Ouagadougou
AUTHORS:
Bienvenue Panongbanegnan Sougouri, Adama François Ouedraogo, Emilie Konsebo, Aminata Niankara, Salimata Bancé, Marthe Sandrine Sanon/Lompo
KEYWORDS:
Cardiovascular Risk, Modified Framingham Risk Score, Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers, Medical Examination, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
JOURNAL NAME:
Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine,
Vol.14 No.3,
June
9,
2026
ABSTRACT: Introduction: In Burkina Faso, despite the frequency of cardiovascular diseases, little data exist on the assessment of their risk. Objective: Estimating cardiovascular risk among professional truck drivers in the city of Ouagadougou using the modified Framingham risk score. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study with prospective recruitment which took place from January 2022 to October 2022 during the various medical visits of heavy goods vehicle drivers carried out in the health services of the Occupational Health Office (OST) of the city of Ouagadougou. Cardiovascular risk was estimated using the modified Framingham risk score, which predicts the risk of developing cardiovascular disease over ten years. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using Epi Info 7 version 7.2.4.0, SPSS Statistics version 27.0.1, and Excel 2019 software. Results: This study estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk among professional truck drivers in Ouagadougou using the modified Framingham risk score in a cross-sectional occupational-health sample. Among 258 male drivers aged 30 years or older, 59.3% were classified as low risk, 34.5% as moderate risk, and 6.2% as high risk. Drivers aged over 45 (n = 45) had a high cardiovascular risk of 13.33%, 11.11% among smokers (n = 90), 13.46% among drivers with high blood pressure (n = 104), 6.40% among drivers with dyslipidemia (n = 203) and 100% among diabetic drivers (n = 11). The manuscript reports higher risk categories in relation to age, sedentary lifestyle, number of years of driving experience and alcohol consumption. Conclusion: Cardiovascular risk assessment revealed a significant cardiovascular risk among professional truck drivers in our study. The results of our study will allow for the implementation of effective therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular prevention, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality in the workplace, particularly in the transport sector.