@article{ref1,
title="Sleep habits, fatigue, and sleepiness in Chiclayo-Peru's bus drivers",
journal="Sleep and Breathing",
year="2017",
author="Deza-Becerra, Fátima and Rey de Castro, Jorge and Gonzales-Gonzales, Carol and León-Jiménez, Franco Ernesto and Osada-Liy, Jorge and Rosales-Mayor, Edmundo",
volume="21",
number="3",
pages="745-749",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1520-9512",
doi="10.1007/s11325-017-1502-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1502-9"
}