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  • Occupational Health
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Transportation Science

Background:

  • Occupational drivers face unique sleep challenges due to work demands.
  • Understanding sleep patterns is crucial for driver safety and well-being.
  • Previous research has not extensively compared sleep across different driver types.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate objective and subjective sleep quality in Belgian occupational drivers.
  • To compare sleep patterns among short-haul (SHD), long-haul (LHD), and local delivery drivers (LDD).
  • To identify factors influencing sleep in this population.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective, descriptive observational study involving 31 Belgian occupational drivers.
  • One-month Fitbit Charge 5 monitoring for objective sleep parameters (TST, TIB, SE, sleep stages).
  • Daily subjective sleep assessment using a 5-point scale; data analyzed with descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and correlations.

Main Results:

  • Drivers averaged 6.2 hours of total sleep time (TST) and 7.1 hours in bed (TIB), with 87.3% sleep efficiency (SE).
  • Significant proportions experienced low deep sleep (12.9%), low REM sleep (25.8%), and elevated nocturnal wakefulness (29.0%).
  • Long-haul drivers showed the lowest proportion of deep sleep; subjective sleep ratings varied, with one-third reporting poor sleep.

Conclusions:

  • Chronic sleep restriction is prevalent among occupational drivers, irrespective of driver type.
  • Individual and environmental factors appear more influential on sleep than driver classification.
  • A notable discrepancy exists between perceived and objectively measured sleep quality.