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ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
卷 97, 期 -, 页码 79-86出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.08.024
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Sleep quality; Sleep duration; Commercial drivers; Accidents
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- University of North Carolina-Greensboro's (UNCG) Office of Research and Economic Development
- UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences
- UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics
- UNCG Department of Public Health Education
- UNCG Department of Kinesiology
Introduction: Long-haul truck drivers in the United States suffer disproportionately high injury rates. Sleep is a critical factor in these outcomes, contributing to fatigue and degrading multiple aspects of safety-relevant performance. Both sleep duration and sleep quality are often compromised among truck drivers; however, much of the efforts to combat fatigue focus on sleep duration rather than sleep quality. Thus, the current study has two objectives: (1) to determine the degree to which sleep impacts safety relevant performance among long-haul truck drivers; and (2) to evaluate workday and non-workday sleep quality and duration as predictors of drivers' safety-relevant performance. Materials and methods: A non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional design was employed to collect survey and biometric data from 260 long-haul truck drivers. The Trucker Sleep Disorders Survey was developed to assess sleep duration and quality, the impact of sleep on job performance and accident risk, and other relevant work organization characteristics. Descriptive statistics assessed work organization variables, sleep duration and quality, and frequency of engaging in safety-relevant performance while sleepy. Linear regression analyses were conducted to evaluate relationships between sleep duration, sleep quality, and work organization variables with safety composite variables. Results: Drivers reported long work hours, with over 70% of drivers working more than 11 h daily. Drivers also reported a large number of miles driven per week, with an average of 2,812.61 miles per week, and frequent violations of hours-of-service rules, with 43.8% of drivers sometimes to always violating the 14-h rule. Sleep duration was longer, and sleep quality was better, on non-workdays compared on workdays. Drivers frequently operated motor vehicles while sleepy, and sleepiness impacted several aspects of safety-relevant performance. Sleep quality was better associated with driving while sleepy and with job performance and concentration than sleep duration. Sleep duration was better associated with accidents and accident risk than sleep quality. Discussion: Sleep quality appears to be better associated with safety-relevant performance amongionghaul truck drivers than sleep duration. Comprehensive and multilevel efforts are needed to meaningfully address sleep quality among drivers. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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