@article{ref1,
title="Developing a fatigue questionnaire for Chinese civil aviation pilots",
journal="International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics",
year="2018",
author="Dai, Jing and Luo, Min and Hu, Wendong and Ma, Jin and Wen, Zhihong",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-9",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the fatigue risk is an important challenge in improving flight safety in aviation industry. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive fatigue risk management indicators system and a fatigue questionnaire for Chinese civil aviation pilots. <br><br>METHODS: Participants included 74 (all males) civil aviation pilots. They finished the questionnaire in 20 minutes before a flight mission. The estimation of internal consistency with Cronbach's α and Student's t test as well as Pearson's correlation analysis were the main statistical methods. <br><br>RESULTS: The results revealed that the fatigue questionnaire had acceptable internal consistency reliability and construct validity; there were significant differences on fatigue scores between international and domestic flight pilots. And some international flight pilots, who had taken medications as a sleep aid, had worse sleep quality than those had not. The long-endurance flight across time zones caused significant differences in circadian rhythm. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The fatigue questionnaire can be used to measure Chinese civil aviation pilots' fatigue, which provided a reference for fatigue risk management system to civil aviation pilots.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1080-3548",
doi="10.1080/10803548.2018.1456796",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2018.1456796"
}