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1Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e di Comunità, Università di Milano e Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy. giovanni.costa@unimi.it
Giornale Italiano Di Medicina Del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia
|December 11, 2012
Summary
Professional drivers face significant job stress, leading to health issues and accidents. Individual factors like sleep, health, and substance use influence driver alertness and fatigue, impacting road safety.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health
- Transportation Safety
- Psychophysiology
Context:
- Professional driving (bus, lorry, train) is inherently stressful due to demands like long hours, safety responsibilities, and adverse conditions.
- Existing literature indicates higher rates of physical and mental health disorders among professional drivers, leading to increased sick leave.
- Stress, fatigue, and excessive sleepiness are recognized contributors to occupational road and rail accidents.
Purpose:
- To explore the multifaceted stressors in professional driving.
- To review the health implications and accident risks associated with occupational driving.
- To identify individual factors influencing driver alertness, fatigue, and sleepiness.
Summary:
- Driving demands high attention and vigilance, with job-related stressors contributing to various health disorders and sick leave in professional drivers.
- Stress, fatigue, and sleepiness significantly increase the risk of occupational road and rail accidents.
- Interindividual differences in alertness and fatigue tolerance are linked to age, sleep patterns, chronotype, diet, substance use, and sleep disorders.
Impact:
- Highlights the occupational health risks for professional drivers, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neuropsychic, and musculoskeletal disorders.
- Underscores the critical role of stress, fatigue, and sleepiness in occupational road and rail safety.
- Emphasizes the need to consider individual psychophysiological and behavioral factors for managing driver performance and well-being.
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