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Sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo-Peru's bus drivers
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Autores:
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Deza-Becerra, Fatima ;
Rey de Castro, Jorge ;
Gonzales-Gonzales, Carol ;
Leon-Jimenez, Franco Ernesto ;
Osada-Liy, Jorge ;
Rosales-Mayor, Edmundo
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Springer Verlag, 2019-01-25T16:03:20Z
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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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
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En línea:
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http://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1502-9
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