Sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo-Peru's bus drivers

Deza-Becerra, Fatima; Rosales-Mayor, Edmundo; Rey de Castro, Jorge; Osada-Liy, Jorge; Gonzales-Gonzales, Carol; Leon-Jimenez, Franco Ernesto

dc.contributor.author	Deza-Becerra, Fatima
dc.contributor.author	Rey de Castro, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Gonzales-Gonzales, Carol
dc.contributor.author	Leon-Jimenez, Franco Ernesto
dc.contributor.author	Osada-Liy, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Rosales-Mayor, Edmundo
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-25T16:03:20Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-25T16:03:20Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4758
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the study are to describe sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo's (Peru) bus drivers and explore their relation with traffic accidents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a non-probability consecutive sampling. The sample size was 126 drivers. Sleepiness was evaluated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and sleep hygiene with validated questionnaires. We used a history of traffic accident or a near-traffic accident as an independent variable and applied chi-squared, t, and Mann-Whitney U tests to evaluate initial associations, which were later tested with a multivariate analysis. RESULTS: The mean age was 47.8 +/- 9, 7 years, all were male. Twenty-seven (21%) bus drivers drove 10 or more hours per day; twenty-seven (21%) drove 5 or more hours without stopping; and eleven (9%) slept less than 6 h per day. Ninety-three (74%) drivers had fatigue while driving; thirty-one (25%) sleepiness; thirty-six (29%) had an accident or near accident; and (35%) had nodding while driving. Nodding while driving (PR 2.13, IC 1.26-3.59, p < 0.01) and the number of years as a driver (PR 1.03, IC 1.00-1.05, p = 0.02) were associated with an accident or near accident. CONCLUSION: Fatigue, sleepiness, and a history of accident or near accident were frequent. Having had an accident or near accident was significantly associated with nodding while driving and the number of years as a driver in Chiclayo's bus drivers.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Sleep and Breathing
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Habits	en_US
dc.subject	Sleep	en_US
dc.subject	Accidents, Traffic/psychology/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Automobile Driving/psychology/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Cross-Sectional Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Drivers	en_US
dc.subject	Fatigue	en_US
dc.subject	Fatigue/epidemiology/psychology	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Male	en_US
dc.subject	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Sleep hygiene	en_US
dc.subject	Sleepiness	en_US
dc.subject	Surveys and Questionnaires	en_US
dc.subject	Traffic accidents	en_US
dc.title	Sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo-Peru's bus drivers	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1502-9
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.25
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.07
dc.relation.issn	1522-1709