Sleepiness, Safety and Transport

Garbarino, Sergio; Gelsomino, Giuliana; Magnavita, Nicola

doi:10.4172/2165-7556.s3-003

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“…Measures suggested for mitigating fatigue and the risk of sleepiness in the workplace include adequate staffing, correct shift scheduling, work environment design, employee fatigue training, sleep disorder screening and management, and sleepiness and fatigue monitoring. Experience has shown that the screening of sleeping disorders and intervention to determine poor sleep quality can be incorporated into current health surveillance activities without a significant increase in medical costs or lost of medical time, and result in a substantial improvement in the quality of health care [ 94 , 130 ]. A number of health promotion programs targeted at sleepiness and fatigue prevention have been implemented [ 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 ] and proved to be effective; other programs, however, have had negative results [ 136 , 137 ].…”

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Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review

Magnavita

Garbarino

2017

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Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review

Magnavita

Garbarino

2017

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“… provide through education and training appropriate tools to countermeasure compulsory fatigue and manage sleep [ 54 , 56 ]. into current health surveillance activities: screening of sleeping disorders (EDS, OSA and insomnia) and intervention to determine poor sleep quality can be incorporated into current health surveillance activities without a significant increase in medical costs or lost of medical time [ 64 , 65 ]. identify drivers (especially with limited seniority) abusing alcohol or making use of amphetamines.…”

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Sleep and Mental Health in Truck Drivers: Descriptive Review of the Current Evidence and Proposal of Strategies for Primary Prevention

Garbarino

Guglielmi

Sannita

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Background: Professional truck drivers (TDs) are exposed to stressful working (and living) conditions and are vulnerable. They report physical and mental health problems and psychological distress more frequently than the general population and their problems can affect safety on the roads. Actions to improve TDs’ health and reduce the risks of (co-)morbidity or unsafe driving are imperative. Methods: The published studies dealing with the TDs’ sleep habits and mental health were reviewed to define the scenario and organize the preventive strategies proposed thus far. Results: Awareness among TDs of the high risk for health and safety due to (often co-existing) untreated sleep and mental health problems is critical. Alcohol and prescribed or illicit drugs are often misused to compensate for depression, anxiety, job strain, fatigue, and social isolation. Polypharmacy and dependence increase the chance of unsafe behaviors on the road. The TDs’ access to healthcare services is scant, and participation in industry-sponsored wellness programs is limited. Conclusions: Primary prevention is a first unavoidable step to deal with sleep and mental health problems. Educational programs, online support and tele-health assessment/monitoring would help improve the well-being, safety and health of professional TDs and increase safety on the road.

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“…The reaction time data support this raw assumption in both the experienced and inexperienced drivers. The effect after having meal on post-lunch towards sleepiness during driving has been reported in previous studies [37] [38], as worsen performance has been observed [39] [40]. In future experiments, we should also measure sleeprelated fatigue during driving between midnight and early morning, which has also been reported to greatly induce drowsiness [1] [41].…”

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Preliminary investigation of sleep-related driving fatigue experiment in Indonesia

Sanjaya

Sya'Bana

Hutchinson

et al. 2018

J. Mechatron. Electr. Power Veh. Technol.

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Sleep-related driving fatigue has been recognised as one main cause of traffic accidents. In Indonesia, experiment-based driving fatigue study is still very limited, therefore it is necessary to develop laboratory-based experiment procedure for sleep-related fatigue study. In this preliminary study, we performed a literature review to find references for the procedure and three pilot experiments to test the instruments and procedure to be used in measuring driving fatigue. Three subjects participated, both from experienced and inexperienced drivers. Our pilot experiments were performed on a driving simulator using OpenDS software with brake and lane change test reaction time measurement. We measured sleepiness by using Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) Questionnaire. The conditions of the experiment were based on illumination intensity as well as pre- and post-lunch session. We found that lane change reaction time is more potential than brake reaction time to measure driving performance as shown by the more fluctuating data. Post-lunch seems to induce drowsiness greater than illumination intensity. KSS questionnaire seems non-linear with driving performance data. We need to test further these speculations in the future studies involving a sufficient number of subjects. We also need to compare the effect of circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation on driving fatigue. The use of eye closure and physiological measurement in further study will enable us to measure driving fatigue more objectively. Considering the limitations, more preliminary experiments are required to be performed before conducting the main experiment of driving fatigue.

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Sleepiness, Safety and Transport

Cited by 7 publications

References 64 publications

Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review

Sleep, Health and Wellness at Work: A Scoping Review

Sleep and Mental Health in Truck Drivers: Descriptive Review of the Current Evidence and Proposal of Strategies for Primary Prevention

Preliminary investigation of sleep-related driving fatigue experiment in Indonesia

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