Hours of work, and perceptions of fatigue among truck drivers

Arnold, P.K.; Hartley, L. R.; Corry, Angela; Hochstadt, David; Penna, Fulvio; Feyer, Anne-Marie

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00026-2

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“…21 Among Australian long haul drivers, 51% exceeded 14 hours of driving, 40% of dangerous events occurred among those who reported sleeping less than 6 hours, and crash risks were 2.5 times greater after 14 hours of work compared with less than 10 hours. 22 Our findings show that Israeli short haul truckers with journeys usually much shorter than 200 km (approximately 120 miles) and workdays exceeding 12 hours/day had increased risks for falling asleep at the wheel (unadjusted OR 2.8; p,0.05; adjusted 1.2; p.0.05).…”

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Working conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports

Sabbagh-Ehrlich

2005

Inj Prev

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Background: Trucks represent 6% of all vehicles, but truck crashes account for 20% of road deaths in Israel, even though travel distances are usually short (,200 km) and overnight travel is uncommon. Objective: To determine occupational and individual predictors of fatigue, falling asleep at the wheel, and involvement in crashes with injuries and deaths in truck drivers. Setting and methods: We carried out field interviews of 160 port truck drivers regarding driver characteristics, workplace and driving conditions, employer-employee relations, medical conditions, sleep quality and fatigue, falling asleep at the wheel, and involvement in road crashes. Results: One day before interview, 38.1% of the drivers had worked more than the 12 hour legal limit. More than 30% reported falling asleep at the wheel recently, and 13% had prior involvement in a sleep related crash. Sixty seven (41.9%) drivers said that their employer forced them to work beyond the legal 12 hour daily limit. Involvement in a crash with casualties was associated with poor sleep quality (adjusted OR = 2.9; p = 0.042) and frequent difficulty finding parking when tired (OR = 3.7; p = 0.049). Self assessment of fatigue underestimated fatigue from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire. However fatigue occurred in many drivers without sleep problems and many crashes occurred without fatigue. Conclusions: Prevention requires measures to reduce work stresses, screening drivers, speed control, and modal shifts. The work risks and adverse outcomes of truck drivers in large countries with long overnight journeys occur in a small country with small distances, relatively short work journeys, and little overnight travel.

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Working conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports

Sabbagh-Ehrlich

2005

Inj Prev

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“…Although gentle handling produced amnesia, it was not specific to the sleep phase, making it difficult to disentangle the cause for the memory impairments. Nonetheless, the effects of sleep deprivation may be intrinsically interesting, as sleep deprivation is so prevalent in modern society (Bonnet and Arand 1995;Arnold et al 1997;Anderson and Horne 2008). However, rather than extensive handling of animals, we would encourage utilization of more naturalistic modeling of sleep deprivation.…”

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“…In human studies, sleep-deprived subjects typically have impaired memory retention (Bonnet and Arand 1995; Arnold et al 1997;Carter et al 2003). This impairment, however, may be caused by non-sleep factors associated with the method of deprivation, such as stress.…”

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Sleep deprivation and Pavlovian fear conditioning

Cai¹,

Shuman²,

Harrison³

et al. 2009

Learn. Mem.

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Sleep has been suggested to play a role in memory consolidation. Prior rodent studies have used sleep deprivation to examine this relationship. First, we reexamined the effects of sleep deprivation on Pavlovian fear conditioning. We found that the deprivation method itself (i.e., gentle handling) induced deficits independent of sleep. Second, we examined an alternative method of sleep deprivation using amphetamine and found that this method failed to induce amnesia. These data indicate that sleep deprivation is a problematic way to examine the role of sleep in memory consolidation, and an alternative paradigm is proposed.

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“…This can be difficult since economic pressure, and not driver preference, is the impetus that strongly influences and dictates how delivery schedules are established [Duke, 1997]. The anxiety generated by unexpected delays that disrupt delivery schedules can further intensify if commercial drivers and carrier management differ in what they regard as the causes of, and strategies to manage, fatigue [Arnold et al, 1997]. In this environment, commercial drivers may not feel adequately empowered to stop and rest when the onset of sleep develops.…”

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The Effect of Rest-Schedule Orientation on Sleep Quality of Commercial Drivers

Filiatrault¹,

Vavrik²,

Kuzeljevic³

et al. 2002

Traffic Injury Prevention

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A study was conducted to examine the relationship between sleep quality and how commercial drivers balanced conflict when the need to rest interfered with their ability to maintain tight delivery schedules. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 188 commercial drivers to collect physiological data and self-reported measures. Multivariate linear regression models were developed to analyze relationships between sleep quantity, sleep quality, symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, and how schedule-based priorities were established. A significant correlation was found between sleep quality and how preference was given by commercial drivers, when symptoms of fatigue were detected, to balance conflict between the need to rest and the real or perceived duty to comply with externallyimposed schedule demands. BACKGROUND

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Hours of work, and perceptions of fatigue among truck drivers

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Working conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports

Working conditions and fatigue in professional truck drivers at Israeli ports

Sleep deprivation and Pavlovian fear conditioning

The Effect of Rest-Schedule Orientation on Sleep Quality of Commercial Drivers

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