Open AccessExcessive sleepiness, sleep hygiene, and coping strategies among night bus drivers: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy,
Mamta Chhabria,
Anil Rao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.197526
Subject(s) - alertness , epworth sleepiness scale , sleep hygiene , shift work , medicine , occupational safety and health , excessive daytime sleepiness , poison control , coping (psychology) , psychology , environmental health , insomnia , psychiatry , sleep disorder , polysomnography , apnea , pathology , sleep quality
Sleep disruption and excessive sleepiness are the known consequences of shift work. The recent spate of night-time road and air accidents, with some being directly attributed to driver sleepiness prompted us to undertake this study.