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Excessive daytime sleepiness in drivers of heavy vehicles
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Introduction: Excessive daytime sleepiness is an entity that has a negative impact on physical
and cognitive performance, since it reduces the individual's ability to respond to stimuli.
Professional drivers are undoubtedly a class exposed to this entity, endangering their life and
others.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in drivers of heavy
trucks and passenger vehicles, comparing it with accidents/near misses accidents and also to relate
these variables with the type of vehicle.
Methods: This study evaluated 148 drivers, of which 68 were drivers of heavy trucks vehicles, 58
of passenger vehicles and 22 of both types of trucks. Both Epworth Sleepiness Scale and a
questionnaire to assess sleeping habits and driving habits were used.
Results: The prevalence of sleepiness in drivers is 37,8 % and it was correlated with the total time
in bed (r = -0.169, p = 0.040) and with the time of driving of heavy trucks (r = 0.151, p = 0.068).
It was found that 14.2 % of accidents and 27.8 % of near misses accidents were due to sleepiness.
Highly significant differences in sleepiness and near misses were found (p < 0.001). There was
dependence between the type of vehicle and accidents (p = 0.046).
Conclusion: In the group of evaluated drivers there is Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, which leads
to the significantly increasing risk of accidents/near misses accidents, as well as a higher
incidence of accidents in truck drivers compared to drivers of passenger vehicles.
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Excessive daytime sleepiness Heavy trucks drivers Accidents Epworth sleepiness scale
Contexto Educativo
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Nunes, P., Carvalho, L. S. A. & Pereira, A. J. M. (2015). Excessive Daytime sleepiness in Drivers of Heavy Vehicles. Res Net Health 1, e1- 13.
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Instituto Politécnico de Leiria