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Relationship Between Subjective Sleepiness and Demographic Characteristics in Night Work Drivers



Karchani M1 ; Mazloumi A1 ; Saraji GN1 ; Nahvi A2 ; Haghighi KS3 ; Abadi BM4 ; Foroshani AR5
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  1. 1. Department of Occupational health, School of Public Health, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS.IC), Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering of Khaje Nasir Toosi University, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Occupational medicine, School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of medical engineering, School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Advances in Environmental Biology Published:2015

Abstract

Nowadays, night work is a necessity for employees. So the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleepiness and demographic characteristics among driver night workers.This study carried out in a simulated bus driver. 90 drivers were chosen as the study population. A two part questionnaire was used for data collection which included demographic information and Stanford sleepiness scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22.There was a significant correlation between sleepiness and BMI (p <0.05, r=0.24). Also, there was a significant difference in sleepiness by education level and job. Demographic variables should be considered in any attempt to management of sleepiness among night workers. ©2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
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