Dietary Patterns and Food Choices of Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in New Zealand.

Driver fatigue is a critical global public health and occupational safety concern, particularly within the transport and logistics sectors (–). Fatigue impairs vigilance, reaction time, and decision-making capacities essential to safe driving. Fatigue-related crashes are approximately 50% more likely to result in death or severe injury, because drivers who fall asleep typically fail to brake before impact (, ). Occupational fatigue a persistent state of physical or mental exhaustion that reduces a worker's capacity to perform safely arises from prolonged working hours, irregular rest periods, monotonous tasks, and extended wakefulness (). In the transport industry, physiological contributors include sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm disruption; psychological contributors include high time pressure, social isolation, and limited autonomy (). Globally, low- and middle-income countries bear a disproportionate burden of road traffic injuries, accounting for nearly 93% of global road deaths despite having approximately 60% of the world's vehicles (). In East Africa, the Northern Corridor linking the Port of Mombasa to Uganda and other landlocked countries is a vital freight artery. Drivers face long distances, prolonged border waiting times, variable road conditions, and intense delivery pressure. Despite this occupational burden, evidence on fatigue prevalence and determinants among East African truck drivers remains limited.