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

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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.

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  1. Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Chiclayo, Peru

    Fátima Deza-Becerra, Carol Gonzales-Gonzales, Franco Ernesto León-Jiménez & Jorge Osada-Liy

  2. Laboratorio de Sueño-Clínica Anglo Americana, Lima, Peru

    Jorge Rey de Castro

  3. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Calle Alfredo Salazar 350, Lima, San Isidro, Peru

    Jorge Rey de Castro & Jorge Osada-Liy

  4. Hospital Regional Lambayeque, Chiclayo, Peru

    Franco Ernesto León-Jiménez

  5. Fundació Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Edmundo Rosales-Mayor

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Deza-Becerra, F., Rey de Castro, J., Gonzales-Gonzales, C. et al. Sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo-Peru’s bus drivers. Sleep Breath 21, 745–749 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1502-9

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